L-Arginine improves DNA synthesis in LPS-challenged enterocytes

Frontiers in Bioscience - Landmark

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 939-1003

  Tan, Bi'e ^a   Xiao, Hao ^a,b   Xiong, Xia ^a   Wang, Jing ^a,b   Li, Guangran ^a,b   Yin, Yulong ^a   Huang, Bo ^a,b   Hou, Yongqing ^c,d   Wu, Guoyao ^a,c,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c WUHAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arginine; Cell Cycle; DNA synthesis; Intestine; Mitochondrial Function

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ARGININE; DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENERGY METABOLISM; INTESTINE CELL; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; PHYSIOLOGY; PIG; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ARGININE; DNA; ENERGY METABOLISM; ENTEROCYTES; MITOCHONDRIA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SWINE;

EID: 84929208045     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4352     Document Type: Review

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