Growth hormone decreases muscle glutamine production and stimulates protein synthesis in hypercatabolic patients

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 279, Issue 2 42-2, 2000, Pages

  Biolo, Gianni ^a,c   Iscra, Fulvio ^b   Bosutti, Alessandra ^a   Toigo, Gabriele ^a   Ciocchi, Beniamino ^a   Geatti, Onelio ^b   Gullo, Antonino ^b   Guarnieri, Gianfranco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Amino acid transport; Competitive polymerase chain reaction; Glutamine synthetase; Stable isotopes; Trauma patients

Indexed keywords

CATHEPSIN B; GLUTAMATE AMMONIA LIGASE; GLUTAMINE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; LEUCINE; MESSENGER RNA; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; POLYUBIQUITIN;

ADULT; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INJURY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; METABOLIC RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 0033857570     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.279.2.e323     Document Type: Article

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