Article
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 anes...
Topics
- Adult
- Antibody Formation
- Arginine
- Blood Cells
- Collagen
- Female
- Humans
- Hydroxyproline
- Lymphocytes
- Male
- Phenotype
- Wound Healing