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Arginine enhances wound healing and lymphocyte immune responses in humans.
Surgery - 1 Aug 1990
Barbul A, Lazarou S A, Efron D T, Wasserkrug H L, Efron G
Abstract excerpt
Arginine has been shown to enhance wound healing and T-cell-mediated immune function in rodents. In this study the effect of oral arginine supplementation on human collagen synthesis and T-cell function was studied in 36 healthy, nonsmoking human volunteers. While volunteers were under local anesthesia, a 5 cm segment of expanded polytetrafluoroethylene tubing (1 mm outer diameter, 90 mu pore size) was inserted...
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