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PLoS ONE, 2023 Leishmania is a protozoan that causes leishmaniasis, a neglected tropical disease with clinical manifestations classified as cutaneous, mucocutaneous, and visceral leishmaniasis.
Jonathan Miguel Zanatta +6 more
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L-Arginine and Hypertension [PDF]
The Journal of Nutrition, 2004 Hypertension is a major healthcare problem afflicting nearly 50 million individuals in the United States. Despite its strong causal association with cardiovascular disease complications including myocardial infarction, heart failure, and stroke, the majority of patients with hypertension do not achieve optimal blood pressure control.
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Oral or topical administration of L-arginine changes the expression of TGF and iNOS and results in early wounds healing [PDF]
, 2016 PURPOSE: To evaluate the contribution of L-arginine oral or topical rout of administration in the surgical wound healing process. METHODS: L-arginine was orally or topically administrated to mice after a laparotomy model procedure.
Almeida, Rosane Mansan de +10 more
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Frontiers in Immunology, 2017 A growing number of diseases in humans, including trauma, certain cancers, and infection, are known to be associated with l-arginine deficiency. In addition, l-arginine must be supplemented by diet during pregnancy to aid fetal development. In conditions
Kuender D. Yang +14 more
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2003 OBJECTIVE: To determine whether arginine vasopressin releases endothelium-derived nitric oxide (EDNO) from the epicardial coronary artery. METHODS: We studied segments of canine left circumflex coronary arteries suspended in organ chambers to measure ...
Paulo Roberto B. Evora +4 more
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Pharmacological Research, 2023 We have recently demonstrated in a double-blind randomized trial the beneficial effects of L-Arginine in patients hospitalized for COVID-19. We hypothesize that one of the mechanisms underlying the favorable effects of L-Arginine is its action on ...
Valentina Trimarco +5 more
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l-Arginine in coronary atherosclerosis
International Journal of Cardiology, 2000 Nitric oxide is formed from the N-guanido terminal of the amino acid L-arginine and from molecular oxygen by nitric oxide synthase enzymes. L-arginine administration improves the coronary blood flow response to acetylcholine in patients with normal coronary arteries and hypercholesterolemia, reverses the defective endothelium-dependent vasodilation ...
Tentolouris, C +5 more
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Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 2003 OBJECTIVE: To study the mechanism by which poly-L-arginine mediates endothelium-dependent relaxation. METHODS: Vascular segments with and without endothelium were suspended in organ chambers filled with control solution maintained at 37ºC and bubbled ...
Paulo R. B. Evora +4 more
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Effects of L-arginine and L-NAME on ischemia-reperfusion in rat liver [PDF]
Acta Cirúrgica Brasileira, 2015 PURPOSE: To evaluated the effects of L-arginine (a NO donor) and L-NAME (Nw-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester - a NOS inhibitor) on ischemia-reperfusion in rat livers.METHODS: One hundred fifty two male Wistar rats were divided into four groups: control ...
Márcio Luís Lucas +4 more
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L-arginine as a novel target for clinical intervention in inflammatory bowel disease
Exploration of Immunology, 2021 Arginase-1 (Arg1) and the inducible nitric oxide synthase 2 (NOS2) compete for the common substrate L-arginine, semi-essential amino acid, and central intestinal metabolite.
Björn Nüse, Jochen Mattner
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