Amino acids and gut function

The intestine is not only critical for the absorption of nutrients, but also interacts with a complex external milieu. Most foreign antigens enter the body through the digestive tract. Dietary amino acids are major fuels for the small intestinal mucosa, as well as important substrates for syntheses...

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Published in:Amino acids Vol. 37; no. 1; pp. 105 - 110
Main Authors: Wang, W. W, Qiao, S. Y, Li, D. F
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Vienna Vienna : Springer Vienna 01.05.2009
Springer Vienna
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
absorption
Amino acids
Amino Acids - metabolism
Analytical Chemistry
animal health
Animals
Antigens
arginine
Biochemical Engineering
Biochemistry
Biological
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Digestive system
digestive tract
Diseases
fuels
Gastrointestinal tract
Glutamates
glutamic acid
Glutamine
Glycine
Health
Humans
Intestinal Absorption
intestinal mucosa
Intestine
Intestines - metabolism
Life Sciences
Lysine
Neurobiology
Nitric oxide
Nutrients
Nutrition research
Polyamines
proteins
Proteomics
Review Article
Small intestine
threonine
Amino acids
Inflammation
Metabolism
Intestinal mucosa
Gut
ISSN:0939-4451, 1438-2199, 1438-2199
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Summary:The intestine is not only critical for the absorption of nutrients, but also interacts with a complex external milieu. Most foreign antigens enter the body through the digestive tract. Dietary amino acids are major fuels for the small intestinal mucosa, as well as important substrates for syntheses of intestinal proteins, nitric oxide, polyamines, and other products with enormous biological importance. Recent studies support potential therapeutic roles for specific amino acids (including glutamine, glutamate, arginine, glycine, lysine, threonine, and sulfur-containing amino acids) in gut-related diseases. Results of these new lines of work indicate trophic and cytoprotective effects of amino acids on gut integrity, growth, and health in animals and humans.
Bibliography:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00726-008-0152-4
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ISSN:0939-4451
1438-2199
1438-2199
DOI:10.1007/s00726-008-0152-4