Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 218-223 , February 2010

Pretreatment with arginine preserves intestinal barrier integrity and reduces bacterial translocation in mice

  • Mirelle L. Viana, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciência de Alimentos, Faculdade de Farmácia; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +55.31.3409.6904; fax: +55.31.3409.6985.
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  • Rosana G.C. Santos, R.D., Ms.C.

      Affiliations

    • Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciência de Alimentos, Faculdade de Farmácia; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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  • Simone V. Generoso, R.D.

      Affiliations

    • Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciência de Alimentos, Faculdade de Farmácia; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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  • Rosa M.E. Arantes, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Patologia Geral, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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  • Maria Isabel T.D. Correia, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Cirurgia, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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  • Valbert N. Cardoso, Pharm, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciência de Alimentos, Faculdade de Farmácia; Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
    • Departamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas, Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil

Received 16 January 2009 ,Accepted 9 April 2009.

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 This work was supported by funds from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) and Conselho Nacional de Pesquisa (CNPq).

PII: S0899-9007(09)00180-4

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.04.005

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 2 , Pages 218-223 , February 2010

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