Evidence for a catabolic role of glucagon during an amino acid load

Journal of Clinical Investigation

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 90-99

  Charlton, Michael R ^b   Adey, Deborah B ^b   Nair, K Sreekumaran ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

amino acids; glucagon; glucose; leucine kinetics; protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; LEUCINE; SOMATOSTATIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCAGON RELEASE; GLUCOGENESIS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GROWTH HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0030015688     PISSN: 00219738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1172/JCI118782     Document Type: Article

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