Human muscle protein synthesis is modulated by extracellular, not intramuscular amino acid availability: A dose-response study

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 552, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 315-324

  Bohé, Julien ^b,c   Low, Aili ^b,d   Wolfe, Robert R ^b   Rennie, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; AMINOSYN; LEUCINE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE DERIVATIVE; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PHENYLALANINE; SARCOPLASMIC PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UREA;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOTHESIS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; UREA BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; UREA;

EID: 0142062041     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2003.050674     Document Type: Article

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