Physical inactivity decreases whole body glutamine turnover independently from changes in proteolysis

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 586, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 4775-4781

  Agostini, Francesco ^a   Heer, Martina ^b   Guarnieri, Gianfranco ^a   Biolo, Gianni ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; AMINO ACID MIXTURE; CARBON 13; LEUCINE; NITROGEN 15;

ABSORPTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME BLOOD LEVEL; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMOBILIZATION; LOW CALORY DIET; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REST; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; BED REST; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ENERGY METABOLISM; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY;

ADULT; BED REST; CALORIC RESTRICTION; GLUTAMINE; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 53249149546     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2008.153783     Document Type: Article

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