Protein synthesis is severely diminished following a simulated upper GI bleed in patients with cirrhosis

Journal of Hepatology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 726-731

  Olde Damink, Steven W M ^a,b   Jalan, Rajiv ^b   Deutz, Nicolaas E P ^a,c   Hayes, Peter C ^d   Soeters, Peter B ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^d ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ammonia; BCAA antagonism; Cirrhosis; Protein synthesis; Stable isotopes; Upper gastrointestinal bleeding

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; THREONINE; TRYPTOPHAN; VALINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL BLEEDING;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; ISOLEUCINE; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS, ALCOHOLIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 53249156377     PISSN: 01688278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhep.2008.04.018     Document Type: Article

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