Arterial KIC as marker of liver and muscle intracellular leucine pools in healthy and type 1 diabetic humans

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 277, Issue 2 40-2, 1999, Pages

  Barazzoni, R ^a   Meek, S E ^a   Ekberg, K ^b   Wahren, J ^b   Nair, K S ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ketoisocaproic acid; Precursor pool; Protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

HEXANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; INSULIN; LEUCINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL VEIN; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN INFUSION; LIVER VEIN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM;

EID: 0032854224     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1999.277.2.e238     Document Type: Article

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