Dimethylarginines: Endogenous inhibitors of nitric oxide synthesis in children with falciparum malaria

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 210, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 913-922

  Weinberg, Joe Brice ^a   Yeo, Tsin W ^b   Mukemba, Jackson P ^c,e   Florence, Salvatore M ^c   Volkheimer, Alicia D ^a   Wang, Hao ^b   Chen, Youwei ^a   Rubach, Matthew ^a   Granger, Donald L ^d   Mwaikambo, Esther D ^c   Anstey, Nicholas M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c Hubert Karuiki Memorial University   (Tanzania)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Hlatikulu Regional Hospital   (Swaziland)

Author keywords

Angiopoeitin 2; Arginase; Arginine; Asymmetric dimethylarginine; Falciparum malaria; Lactate; Nitric oxide; Symmetric dimethylarginine

Indexed keywords

6 N,N' DIMETHYLARGININE; ANGIOPOIETIN 2; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ARGININE DERIVATIVE; DIMETHYLARGININE; HEMOGLOBIN; HISTIDINE; HISTIDINE RICH PROTEIN 2; LACTIC ACID; N(G),N(G) DIMETHYLARGININE; NITRIC OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BRAIN MALARIA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOARGININEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANZANIA; UREA CYCLE DISORDER;

ANGIOPOEITIN 2; ARGINASE; ARGININE; ASYMMETRIC DIMETHYLARGININE; FALCIPARUM MALARIA; LACTATE; NITRIC OXIDE; SYMMETRIC DIMETHYLARGININE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ARGINASE; ARGININE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; NITRIC OXIDE;

EID: 84906754006     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: 15376613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/jiu156     Document Type: Article

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