Glutamine Supplementation Attenuates Expressions of Adhesion Molecules and Chemokine Receptors on T Cells in a Murine Model of Acute Colitis

• Main Authors: Yu-Chen Hou (Author), Jin-Ming Wu (Author), Ming-Yang Wang (Author), Ming-Hsun Wu (Author), Kuen-Yuan Chen (Author), Sung-Ling Yeh (Author), Ming-Tsan Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background. Migration of T cells into the colon plays a major role in the pathogenesis in inflammatory bowel disease. This study investigated the effects of glutamine (Gln) supplementation on chemokine receptors and adhesion molecules expressed by T cells in mice with dextran sulfate sodium- (DSS-)...