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Article: Amino acids and peptides may help protein removal and innate lung defense.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- January 21, 2004
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2004 JAN 21 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Evidence suggests that amino acids, peptides, and sugar transporters may play a role in protein removal and innate lung defense.
"This review presents the hypothesis that removal of polypeptides and glycoproteins from the alveolar space and airways is mediated in part by enzymatic degradation, followed by transporter mediated transepithelial transport of amino acids, peptides, and sugar residues," scientists writing in the European Journal of Pharmacology report.
"Furthermore, the activity of these transporters ensures low availability of nutrients, and decrease bacterial growth," said Sela Mager and Jennifer ...