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Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2021 Piglets with low birth weight (LBW) usually have reduced muscle mass and increased lipid deposition compared with their normal-birth-weight (NBW) littermates.
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Astrocyte glutamine synthetase : pivotal in health and disease [PDF]
, 2013 The multifunctional properties of astrocytes signify their importance in brain physiology and neurological function. In addition to defining the brain architecture, astrocytes are primary elements of brain ion, pH and neurotransmitter homoeostasis.
Parpura, Vladimir +2 more
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eLife, 2017 Many mammalian cancer cell lines depend on glutamine as a major tri-carboxylic acid (TCA) cycle anaplerotic substrate to support proliferation. However, some cell lines that depend on glutamine anaplerosis in culture rely less on glutamine catabolism to ...
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, 2020 INTRODUCTION: Glucose has been deemed the driving force of tumor growth for decades. However, research has shown that several tumors metabolically shift towards glutaminolysis.
Baguet, Tristan +12 more
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The Fusion Activity of HIV-1 gp41 Depends on Interhelical Interactions [PDF]
, 2005 Infection by human immunodeficiency virus type I requires the fusogenic activity of gp41, the transmembrane subunit of the viral envelope protein. Crystallographic studies have revealed that fusion-active gp41 is a "trimer-of-hairpins" in which three ...
Chan, David C., Suntoke, Tara R.
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Cell Reports, 2019 Summary: Cancer cells heavily depend on the amino acid glutamine to meet the demands associated with growth and proliferation. Due to the rapid consumption of glutamine, cancer cells frequently undergo glutamine starvation in vivo.
Xazmin H. Lowman +6 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 The trace metal manganese in excess affects iron-sulfur cluster and heme-protein biogenesis, eliciting cellular toxicity. The manganese efflux protein MntP is crucial to evading manganese toxicity in bacteria.
Arunima Kalita +4 more
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Low myo-inositol and high glutamine levels in brain are associated with neuropsychological deterioration after induced hyperammonemia [PDF]
, 2004 The neuropsychological effect of hyperammonemia is variable. This study tests the hypothesis that the effect of ammonia on the neuropsychological function in patients with cirrhosis is determined by the ability of the brain to buffer ammonia-induced ...
Balata, S +8 more
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Differentiation Between Ripening Stages of Iberian Dry-Cured Ham According to the Free Amino Acids Content [PDF]
, 2020 In this paper, the differentiation of three ripening stages, postsalting, drying, and cellar, of Iberian dry-cured ham has been carried out according to their free amino acids contents. Eighteen L-amino acids, alanine, 2-aminobutanoic acid, aspartic acid,
Alcázar Rueda, Ángela +3 more
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Nutrition Journal, 2003 Background Addition of glutamine to enteral nutrition formulas is consistently associated with a significant decrease in septic morbidity in critically ill patients, possibly related to the attenuation of gut dysfunction.
Vincent Jean-Louis +4 more
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