Glutamine and intestinal barrier function

Amino Acids

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 2143-2154

  Wang, Bin ^a   Wu, Guoyao ^a,b   Zhou, Zhigang ^c   Dai, Zhaolai ^a   Sun, Yuli ^a   Ji, Yun ^a   Li, Wei ^a   Wang, Weiwei ^a   Liu, Chuang ^a   Han, Feng ^a   Wu, Zhenlong ^a  

^a CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Intestinal barrier function; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATING TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 6; BETA CATENIN; CASPASE 3; CLAUDIN 1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; GLUCOSE REGULATED PROTEIN 78; GLUTAMINE; GLUTATHIONE; GROWTH ARREST AND DNA DAMAGE INDUCIBLE PROTEIN 153; I KAPPA B ALPHA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MYOSIN LIGHT CHAIN KINASE; OCCLUDIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE C; PROTEIN ZO1; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE PHOSPHATE; RHO FACTOR; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR RELA; UNINDEXED DRUG; UVOMORULIN;

ABSORPTION; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM STRESS; HUMAN; IMMUNITY; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE FUNCTION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PERMEABILITY BARRIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIGHT JUNCTION; UPREGULATION; ADULT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECTS; INTESTINE; INTESTINE ABSORPTION; PERMEABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADULT; ANIMALS; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL ABSORPTION; INTESTINES; PERMEABILITY;

EID: 84942500161     PISSN: 09394451     EISSN: 14382199     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00726-014-1773-4     Document Type: Review

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