Cationic Amino Acid Transporter-2 Regulates Immunity by Modulating Arginase Activity
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Cationic Amino Acid Transporter-2 Regulates Immunity by Modulating Arginase Activity
Cationic amino acid transporters (CAT) are important regulators of NOS2 and ARG1 activity because they regulate L-arginine availability. However, their role in the development of Th1/Th2 effector functions following infection has not been investigated. Here we dissect the function of CAT2 by studying two infectious disease models characterized by the development of polarized Th1 or Th2-type res...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Pathogens
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1553-7374
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000023