The human neonatal small intestine has the potential for arginine synthesis; developmental changes in the expression of arginine-synthesizing and -catabolizing enzymes

Eleonore S Köhler¹ , Selvakumari Sankaranarayanan¹ , Christa J van Ginneken² , Paul van Dijk¹ , Jacqueline LM Vermeulen³ , Jan M Ruijter⁴ , Wouter H Lamers^1,3 and Elisabeth Bruder⁵

¹  Department of Anatomy & Embryology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

²  Department of Veterinary Medicine, Veterinary Anatomy & Embryology, University of Antwerp, Belgium

³  AMC Liver Center Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

⁴  Department of Anatomy & Embryology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

⁵  Department of Pathology, Basel University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland