Oral administration of branched-chain amino acids activates the mTOR signal in cirrhotic rat liver

Hepatology Research

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 27-32

  Matsumura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Morinaga, Yoshihiro ^a   Fujitani, Shoji ^a   Takehana, Kenji ^a   Nishitani, Shinobu ^a   Sonaka, Ichiro ^a  

^a AJINOMOTO CO INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

BCAA; CCl4 rat; Cirrhosis; In vivo; mTOR

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; INITIATION FACTOR 4E BINDING PROTEIN 1; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; VALINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HYPOALBUMINEMIA; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

EID: 26844555799     PISSN: 13866346     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hepres.2005.07.001     Document Type: Article

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