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The influence of upstream IL-2 -330 (T/G) and TNF-α -308 (A/G) polymorphisms on glutamine-supplemented cytokine release.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Oct 2010
Müller T, Topp T, Weismüller K, Kwapisz M, Engel J
Abstract excerpt
Various studies have shown that dietary glutamine can modify the course of an immune response, through altering the release of cytokines. Nutritional supplementation of glutamine may therefore be of advantage to patients, particularly those with compromised immunity. Given that polymorphisms in cytokine genes can also affect cytokine levels, we have undertaken a study to identify whether there was a differential...
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