Branched-chain amino acids improve glucose metabolism in rats with liver cirrhosis

American Journal of Physiology - Gastrointestinal and Liver Physiology

Volumn 288, Issue 6 51-6, 2005, Pages

  Nishitani, Shinobu ^a,b   Takehana, Kenji ^a,b   Fujitani, Shoji ^a   Sonaka, Ichiro ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

GLUT1; GLUT4; Rat model of carbon tetrachloride induced cirrhosis

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 1; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; RAPAMYCIN; VALINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL MEMBRANE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ANIMALS; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 4; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 19644382955     PISSN: 01931857     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpgi.00510.2003     Document Type: Article

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