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Tailored second line therapy in asthmatic children with the arginine-16 genotype [PDF]

, 2012
The arginine-16 beta-2 receptor genotype confers increased susceptibility to exacerbations in asthmatic children taking regular long acting beta-2 agonists.
Aziz, Basu, Bateman, Bleecker, Brian J. Lipworth, British Thoracic Society, Colin N. A. Palmer, Currie, Donald F. Macgregor, Drysdale, Fuhlbrigge, Hall, Helen P. Donald, Joos, Juniper, Kaninika Basu, Kramer, Lee, Lemanske, Liggett, Lipworth, Martinez, Palmer, Roger Tavendale, Simon A. Ogston, Somnath Mukhopadhyay, Wechsler, Wilson   +27 more
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Metabolic correction of experimental diabetic retinopathy

Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017
Introduction. Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is diagnosed in 50% of the total number of patients suffering from type 1 diabetes mellitus with diabetes duration of over 10 years and in 75-90% of patients with diabetes duration over 15 years. Purpose.
I.V. Savitskyi, V.V. Semenko, V.M. Serdiuk   +2 more
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Effects of Dietary N-Carbamylglutamate on Growth Performance, Apparent Digestibility, Nitrogen Metabolism and Plasma Metabolites of Fattening Holstein Bulls

Animals, 2021
N-carbamylglutamate (NCG), a structural analog of N-acetylglutamate, improves nitrogen utilization in dairy cows. However, the effects of NCG on bulls are unknown.
Jinshan Yang, Jian Zheng, Xinpeng Fang, Xin Jiang, Yukun Sun, Yonggen Zhang   +5 more
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Next-Generation Sequencing for Determining the Effect of Arginine on Human Dental Biofilms Using an In Situ Model

Pharmacy, 2021
Oral biofilms are associated with caries, periodontal diseases, and systemic diseases. Generally, antimicrobial therapy is used as the first line of treatment for infectious diseases; however, bacteria in biofilms eventually develop antibiotic resistance.
Nanako Kuriki, Yoko Asahi, Maki Sotozono, Hiroyuki Machi, Yuichiro Noiri, Mikako Hayashi, Shigeyuki Ebisu   +6 more
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L-arginine: A unique amino acid for improving depressed wound immune function following hemorrhage [PDF]

, 2002
Objective: To determine whether L-arginine has any salutary effects on wound immune cell function following trauma-hemorrhage. Background. Depressed wound immune function contributes to an increased incidence of wound infections following hemorrhage ...
Angele, Martin K., Angele, Peter, Chaudry, Irshad H., Hatz, Rudolf A., Hernandez-Richter, Thomas, Nitsch, Stefan M., Schildberg, Friedrich Wilhelm, Wichmann, Mathias W.   +7 more
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Combination Therapy with Pyridoxine and Arginine Supplementations along with a Lysine-Restricted Diet in Individuals with Pyridoxine-Dependent Epilepsy: A Comprehensive Systematic Review

Current Developments in Nutrition
Background: Pyridoxine-dependent epilepsy (PDE) is identified as a rare neurometabolic disease marked by biallelic pathogenic mutations of the ALDH7A1 gene.
Ali Jafari, Mohammad Mehdi Abbasi, Hamid Abbasi, Sama Rahnemayan, Farnush Bakhshimoghaddam, Saeid Doaei   +5 more
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Functional Characterization of Saccharomyces cerevisiae P5C Reductase, the Enzyme at the Converging Point of Proline and Arginine Metabolism

Microorganisms, 2022
The enzyme that, in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, catalyzes the last step in both proline synthesis and arginine catabolism, δ1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate (P5C) reductase, was purified to near homogeneity and characterized thoroughly.
Giuseppe Forlani, Giuseppe Sabbioni, Milosz Ruszkowski   +2 more
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Arginine deprivation: a potential therapeutic for cancer cell metastasis? A review

Cancer Cell International, 2020
Arginine is a semi essential amino acid that is used in protein biosynthesis. It can be obtained from daily food intake or synthesized in the body through the urea cycle using l -citrulline as a substrate.
Houssam Al-Koussa, Nour El Mais, Hiba Maalouf, R. Abi-Habib, M. El-Sibai   +4 more
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Arginine, a Key Residue for the Enhancing Ability of an Antifreeze Protein of the Beetle Dendroides canadensis [PDF]

, 2009
Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) can produce a difference between the nonequilibrium freezing point and the melting point, termed thermal hysteresis (TH). The TH activity of an antifreeze protein (AFP) depends on the specific AFP and its concentration as well ...
Amornwittawat, Natapol, Duman, John G., Goddard, William A., III, Juwita, Vonny, Kao, Yu, Pascal, Tod A., Wang, Sen, Wen, Xin   +7 more
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Antimicrobial activity, membrane interaction and structural features of short arginine-rich antimicrobial peptides

Frontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Antimicrobial activity of many AMPs can be improved by lysine-to-arginine substitution due to a more favourable interaction of arginine guanidinium moiety with bacterial membranes.
Bruna Agrillo, Alessandra Porritiello, Lorena Gratino, Marco Balestrieri, Yolande Therese Proroga, Andrea Mancusi, Loredana Cozzi, Teresa Vicenza, Principia Dardano, Bruno Miranda, Pablo V. Escribá, Pablo V. Escribá, Marta Gogliettino, Gianna Palmieri, Gianna Palmieri   +14 more
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