L-Arginine in Clinical Nutrition (eBook)

Vinood B. Patel, BSc, PhD, FRSC University of Westminster Faculty of Science & Technology Department of Biomedical Sciences London, United KingdomVictor R. Preedy, BSc, PhD, DSc Professor King’s College London Dept Nutrition and Dietetics, Nutritional Sciences Division School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Franklin-Wilkins Building London, United KingdomRajkumar Rajendram, AKC, BSc (Hons), MBBS (Dist), MRCP (UK), FRCA, EDIC, FFICM Nutritional Sciences Research Division Faculty of Life Science and Medicine King's College London Franklin-Wilkins Building London, United Kingdom

Section 1: Basic Processes at the
Cellular Levels Chapter
1 - Arginine uptake by cells - Geoffrey P. Candy and Marietha J. Nel Chapter
2 - L-arginine and the expression of HSP70 and p-53 proteins - Agnieszka
Pedrycz and Victor R. Preedy Chapter
3 - AMP-activated protein kinase and L-arginine - Srinidi
Mohan Chapter
4 - Amidine-based compounds affecting arginine metabolism - Cristina
Maccallini, Marialuigia Fantacuzzi and Rosa Amoroso Chapter
5 - Oxy- and sulfoanalogues of L-arginine - Tatyana Dzimbova and Tamara
Pajpanova Chapter
6 - Regulation of expression and activity of L-arginine transporters by
nutrients and hormones: A focus in transcriptional mechanisms regulated by
glucose and insulin - Marcelo González Chapter
7 - Arginine, pancreatic beta cell
function and diabetes: mechanisms of stimulated insulin release and pathways of
metabolism - Philip Newsholme, Kevin N. Keane, Mina Elahy and Vinicius Fernandes Cruzat Chapter 8 - Erythrocytes by-products of arginine
catabolism - Martha Lucinda Contreras-Zentella and Rolando Hernández-Muñoz                                                                                 Section 2: Arginine Metabolism
and Functions Chapter
9 - Arginine synthesis from enteral proline - Christopher Tomlinson, Ronald
O. Ball and Paul B. Pencharz Chapter
10 - Arginine and macrophages: role in classical and alternative activation - Jorge
Lloberas, Manuel Modolell and Antonio Celada Chapter 11 - Arginine and TNF alpha
production in macrophages: a focus on metabolism, ageing, metabolic syndrome
and type 2 diabetes
- Charlotte
Breuillard, Christophe Moinard and Marie-Chantal Farges Chapter 12 - Arginine metabolism impairment during sepsis
and diseases: causes and consequences - Christophe
Moinard, Charlotte Breuillard and Christine Charrueau  Chapter
13 - Use of arginine with Growth Hormone Releasing Hormone (GHRH) and the
endocrine response - Giulia Brigante and Vincenzo Rochira Chapter
14 - Serum arginase in healthy subjects and nitric oxide - Keiki Ogino and Kei
Takemoto                                       Section 3: Arginine Status in
Cells Related to Organ Damage and Disease Chapter
15 - Protein Arginine Methylation of
RNA-binding Proteins and Their Impact on Human Diseases - Michael C. Yu and
Christopher A. Jackson Chapter
16 - DNA-arginine adducts and implications in disease - Haseeb Ahsan                         Chapter
17 - Homoarginine and L-arginine: Glycine amidinotransferase in stroke - Chi-un
Choe, Edzard Schwedhelm and Dorothee Atzler Chapter
18 - The L-arginine/asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) ratio in health and
disease: an overview - Murat Celik and Hilmi Umut Unal Chapter
19 - Arginine and its transporters in colorectal cancer - Bingguan Chen, Weimin
Wang, Kang Ding, Junchen Wang, Peng Gao, Guowang Xu and Hai Hu Chapter
20 - Arginine Uptake and Its Role in the Survival of Breast Cancer Cells -
Catherine K. L. Too and Salma A. Abdelmagid             Section 4: Arginine Status and Use
in Healthy Individuals                                                                                                 Chapter
21 - Arginine production during pregnancy - Farook Jahoor, Jean W. Hsu,
Pratibha Dwarkanath, Minerva M. Thame and Anura V. Kurpad Chapter
22 - L-arginine in the uterus and placenta and during gestation in mammals -
Jonathan M. Greene and Peter L. Ryan             Chapter
23 - Oral L-arginine supplementation in young males: endocrinology, metabolic,
and physiological responses at rest and during exercise - Scott C. Forbes Chapter
24 - Metabolic precursors of
L-Arginine supplementation in sport: a focus on L-Citrulline and L-Ornithine - Antoni
Pons, Raúl Bescós, Antoni Sureda and Josep A. Tur  Section 5: Arginine and Diseases
of the Gastrointestinal Tract  Chapter
25 - Arginine and its use in ameliorating Cryptosporidium
parvum infection in undernourished children - Reinaldo Barreto Oriá,
Orleâncio Gomes Ripardo de Azevedo, Theídes
Batista Carneiro, Aldo Ângelo Lima
and Richard L. Guerrant Chapter
26 - Arginine and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) - Wenkai
Ren, Gang Liu, Shuai Chen and Yulong Yin Chapter
27 - Dietary L-arginine and
intestinal recovery - Igor
Sukhotnik Chapter
28 - Enteral and parenteral arginine supplementation in intestinal ischemia and
reperfusion injury - Chun-Hong Lai and Hui-Chen Lo Chapter
29 - Mucosal Protection by Arginine in the Upper Gastrointestinal Tract - Koji
Takeuchi               Chapter
30 - Enteral L-arginine and necrotizing enterocolitis - Sophia Zachaki,
Stavroula Gavrili, Elena Polycarpou and Vasiliki I. Hatzi  Section 6: Therapeutic uses of
Arginine: Diabetes, Obesity and Cardiovascular Diseases Chapter 31 - L-arginine
usage in Type I diabetes: From the autoimmune event to human dietary
supplementation - Mauricio Krause, Ana Paula
Trussardi Fayh and Alvaro Reischak-Oliveira            Chapter 32
- Oral l-arginine supplementation and glucose metabolism and vascular function
- Lucilla D. Monti, Elena Galluccio, Barbara Fontana and Piermarco Piatti Chapter
33 - Arginine enriched apples and diabetic control - Andrea
Escudero, Jorge Moreno, Jesenia Acurio and Carlos Escudero Chapter
34 - Beneficial impact of cod protein, arginine and other
amino acids on insulin sensitivity - Veronique
Ouellet, S. John Weisnagel, Denis R. Joanisse, Charles Lavigne, Junio Dort,
André Marette and Hélène Jacques  Chapter
35 - Obese subjects and supplemental L-arginine - Pawel Bogdanski, Joanna
Suliburska Matylda Kręgielska-Narożna, Anna
Jablecka and Jarosław Walkowiak Chapter
36 - Mitochondrial cardiomyopathy and usage of L-arginine - Kenichiro Arakawa,
Masamichi Ikawa, Hiroshi Tada, Hidehiko Okazawa
and Makoto Yoneda Chapter
37 - Arginine Measurement and Concentrations in Hypertension and other
Cardiovascular Disease - Cameron Naidoo and Geoffrey P. Candy Chapter
38 - L-Arginine and cardiovascular disease - Norbert
J. Tripolt and Harald Sourij Chapter
39 - Arginine therapy in sickle cell disease - Claudia R. Morris  Section
7: Therapeutic Uses
of Arginine: Cancer, Wound Healing and Infectious Disease Chapter
40 - Role of arginine in surgical patients with head and neck cancer - Daniel de Luis, Rocio Aller and Pablo Casas-Rodera Chapter
41 - Arginine-Incorporated Albumin Mesospheres: A Drug Delivery System for
Cancer Therapy - Hung-Yen Lee, Kamal A. Mohammed and Nasreen Najmunnisa                         Chapter
42 - Use of L-arginine and glycine supplementation to reduce radiotherapy
damage -Cristina Fajardo Diestel, Nara Limeira
Horst, Alessandra da Rocha Pinheiro Mulder and Ruy Garcia Marques Chapter
43 - Arginine in Cancer Therapy - Lynn G. Feun, Medhi Wangpaichitr, Chunjing Wu,
Ying-Ying Li, Min You, Macus Tien Kuo, Niramol Savaraj Chapter
44 - Mechanisms of Arginine-Auxotrophic Response and Their Cancer Therapeutic
Implications - Wen-Bin Tsai, Yan Long, Niramol Savaraj, Lynn G. Feun and Macus
Tien Kuo  Chapter
45 - The role of arginine in wound healing - Alan N. Gould and Geoffrey P.
Candy Chapter
46 - L-arginine and bacterial translocation: implications for health - Mirelle
Lomar Viana, Simone de Vasconcelos Generoso, Rosana das Graças Carvalho dos
Santos, Valbert Nascimento Cardoso and Maria Isabel Toulson Davisson Correia Chapter
47 - L-arginine in Pulmonary Tuberculosis - Anna P. Ralph 

































































































































































































































Chapter
48 - Arginine in Health and Disease: Recommended Resources
and Further Reading - Rajkumar Rajendram, Vinood B.
Patel and Victor R. Preedy