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“Furthermore, glutamine stimulates growth of the small intestinal mucosa in young animals and also enhances ion transport by the gut in neonates and adults.”
“ Glutamine deprivation reduces proliferation of lymphocytes, influences expression of surface activation markers on lymphocytes and monocytes, affects the production of cytokines, and stimulates apoptosis.”
“Supplemental use of glutamine , either in oral, enteral, or parenteral form, increases intestinal villous height, stimulates gut mucosal cellular proliferation, and maintains mucosal integrity.”
Alternative medicine review : a journal of clinical therapeutic • 1999 | View Paper
“In vitro studies using serum- and amino acid-starved cells have reported that glutamine addition can either stimulate or repress mTORC1 activity, depending on the particular experimental system that was used.”
“We investigated if glutamine , when added to the diet in large quantities, might stimulate mucosal adaptation beyond that which normally occurs following physiologic feedings.”
Journal of the American College of Nutrition • 1992 | View Paper
“Changes in tissue glutamine concentrations have been shown to correlate with net protein turnover, and there is evidence that glutamine may both stimulate protein synthesis and inhibit protein degradation.”