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Characteristics of (L)-citrulline transport through blood-brain barrier in the brain capillary endothelial cell line (TR-BBB cells)

BACKGROUND: (L)-Citrulline is a neutral amino acid and a major precursor of (L)-arginine in the nitric oxide (NO) cycle. Recently it has been reported that (L)-citrulline prevents neuronal cell death and protects cerebrovascular injury, therefore, (L)-citrulline may have a neuroprotective effect to...

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Autores principales: Lee, Kyeong-Eun, Kang, Young-Sook
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5424428/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28490336
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12929-017-0336-x