Leucine and its transporter provide protection against cigarette smoke-induced cell death: A potential therapy for emphysema

Cigarette smoke (CS) is a major risk factor for emphysematous changes in the lungs and the underlying mechanism involves CS-induced cell death. In the present study we investigated the ability of nutrients to rescue CS-induced cell death. We observed that pre-treatment with excess leucine can partia...

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Principais autores:	Bannhi Das, Tanusree Ray, Kaushik K. Panda, Arnab Maiti, Srimonti Sarkar, Alok K. Sil
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	Elsevier 2014-01-01
Colecção:	Toxicology Reports
Assuntos:	Emphysema Cigarette smoke Leucine LAT1 mTOR
Acesso em linha:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214750014000924
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