Hiscock et al., J Appl Physiol 2003
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Exercise induced an 11-fold increase in plasma IL-6 , which was further enhanced by glutamine ( 18-fold ) and glutamine-rich protein ( 14-fold ) supplementation, administered at doses that attenuated the exercise induced decrease in plasma glutamine concentration
Fischer et al., Ann Surg 1996
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The authors studied the effects of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) on glutamine and alanine transport in isolated human hepatocytes