Open AccessPerioperative GLY-GLN Infusion Diminishes the Surgery-Induced Period of Immunosuppression
Author(s) -
Ruth Exner,
Dietmar Tamandl,
Peter Goetzinger,
Martina Mittlböck,
Reinhold Fuegger,
Thomas Sautner,
Andreas Spittler,
Erich Roth
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200301000-00015
Subject(s) - medicine , perioperative , glutamine , immunosuppression , sepsis , in vivo , anesthesia , surgery , whole blood , tumor necrosis factor alpha , abdominal surgery , glycine , gastroenterology , lipopolysaccharide , pharmacology , amino acid , biochemistry , chemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
To investigate whether the administration of different glutamine-containing dipeptides, glycyl-l-glutamine (GLY-GLN) and l-alanyl-l-glutamine, has a differing impact on perioperative immunomodulation.