Influence of supplementation with branched-chain amino acids in combination with resistance exercise on p70S6 kinase phosphorylation in resting and exercising human skeletal muscle

Acta Physiologica

Volumn 200, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 237-248

  Apro W ^a,b   Blomstrand, E ^a,b  

^a SWEDISH SCHOOL OF SPORT AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

MTOR; Resistance exercise; Translation initiation.

Indexed keywords

BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ELONGATION FACTOR; EUKARYOTIC ELONGATION FACTOR 2; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN P70; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ADULT; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; EUKARYOTIC INITIATION FACTOR-2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSULIN; LACTIC ACID; MALE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES, 70-KDA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78649242199     PISSN: 17481708     EISSN: 17481716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-1708.2010.02151.x     Document Type: Article

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