No major sex differences in muscle protein synthesis rates in the postabsorptive state and during hyperinsulinemia-hyperaminoacidemia in middle-aged adults

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1308-1315

  Smith, Gordon I ^a   Atherton, Philip ^b   Reeds, Dominic N ^a   Mohammed, B Selma ^a   Jaffery, Hadia ^a   Rankin, Debbie ^b   Rennie, Michael J ^b   Mittendorfer, Bettina ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Protein metabolism; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN KINASE B; S6 KINASE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; AMINOACIDEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE TISSUE; NORMAL HUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; FEMALE; GLUCOSE CLAMP TECHNIQUE; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INSULIN; KINETICS; LEUCINE; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES, 70-KDA; RNA; SEX FACTORS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 70350111322     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00348.2009     Document Type: Article

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