Glutamine is one of the twenty amino acids, the individual building blocks that join together to make up proteins in the body. Image Credit: Danijela Maksimovic / Shutterstock.com When a gene is ...
Let's begin by looking at what glutamine really is. It is the most important amino acid found in our body and yet a lot of us have very little or sometimes no knowledge at all about this extremely ...
Several studies have evaluated the benefit of oral or parenteral glutamine supplementation in cancer patients receiving chemo/radiotherapy, 1,2,3,4 including high-dose therapy (HDT) and stem cell ...
Supplementing the diet with glutamine didn't improve outcomes for second- and third-degree burn patients, the randomized RE-ENERGIZE trial showed. Multiple daily doses of enteral glutamine didn't ...
Q. What is the difference between L-glutamine and glutamine, and the same for the other amino acids? Is one more effective as a supplement than the other? A. Unfortunately the answer to this question ...
Prostate cancer (PCa) is one of the most common malignant tumors among men worldwide. Following androgen deprivation therapy ...
Blood stem cells develop through different stages to become fully mature red blood cells. This fundamental biologic process is defined by a series of complex metabolic processes, which are often ...
Melanoma cells are dependent on a source of glutamine for growth irrespective of the mutation(s) that drive the cancer, researchers have found. Researchers at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research ...
The consumption of the amino acid glutamine in cancer is somewhat of a conundrum. We know adequate glutamine levels are needed for ensuring nitrogen balance, maintaining gut integrity, and ...
This article summarizes metabolic reprogramming in prostate cancer (PCa). Early PCa relies more on glycolysis.