A cortisol surge mediates enhanced expression of pig intestinal pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthase during weaning

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1914-1919

  Wu, Guoyao ^a,b   Meininger, Cynthia J ^b   Kelly, Katherine ^b   Watford, Malcolm ^c   Morris Jr , Sidney M ^d  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A M COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Citrulline; Cortisol; Enterocytes; Metyrapone; Pigs; Weaning

Indexed keywords

AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARBAMOYL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; GLUTAMINASE; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; METYRAPONE; ORNITHINE; ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE; SYNTHETASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE RELEASE; INTESTINE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; SWINE; WEANING;

ANIMALIA; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0033916402     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.8.1914     Document Type: Article

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