L-ornithine derived polyamines in cystic fibrosis airways.

Increased arginase activity contributes to airway nitric oxide (NO) deficiency in cystic fibrosis (CF). Whether down-stream products of arginase activity contribute to CF lung disease is currently unknown. The objective of this study was to test whether L-ornithine derived polyamines are present in...

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Main Authors: Hartmut Grasemann, Darakhshanda Shehnaz, Masahiro Enomoto, Michael Leadley, Jaques Belik, Felix Ratjen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23071598/pdf/?tool=EBI