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Arginine Consumption by the Intestinal Parasite Giardia intestinalis Reduces Proliferation of Intestinal Epithelial Cells

In the field of infectious diseases the multifaceted amino acid arginine has reached special attention as substrate for the host´s production of the antimicrobial agent nitric oxide (NO). A variety of infectious organisms interfere with this part of the host immune response by reducing the availabil...

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Autores principales: Stadelmann, Britta, Merino, María C., Persson, Lo, Svärd, Staffan G.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3446895/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23028934
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0045325