Rat adipose tissue amino acid metabolism in vivo as assessed by microdialysis and arteriovenous techniques

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 273, Issue 3 36-3, 1997, Pages

  Kowalski, Timothy J ^a,c   Wu, Guoyao ^b   Watford, Malcolm ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue blood flow; Branched chain amino acids; Glucose; Glutamine; Glycerol; Lactate

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; ENZYME REGULATION; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; MICRODIALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RAT; STARVATION; TISSUE BLOOD FLOW; TISSUE METABOLISM;

EID: 0030828002     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1997.273.3.e613     Document Type: Article

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