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L-arginine stimulates host defenses in patients with breast cancer.
Surgery - 1 Feb 1994
Brittenden J, Park K G, Heys S D, Ross C, Ashby J, Ah-See A k, Eremin O
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The amino acid L-arginine is known to have immunostimulatory effects in animals and healthy human volunteers. We have studied the effect of dietary supplementation with L-arginine (30 gm/day for 3 days) on host defenses in patients with breast cancer. METHODS: Mitogenic responses of p...
Topics
- Aged
- Arginine
- Breast Neoplasms
- Cytokines
- Cytotoxicity, Immunologic
- Female
- Humans
- Immunization
- Killer Cells, Lymphokine-Activated
- Killer Cells, Natural
- Lymphocyte Subsets
- Middle Aged
- Mitogens
- Phenotype