Skeletal muscle myofibrillar and sarcoplasmic protein synthesis rates are affected differently by altitude-induced hypoxia in native lowlanders

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Holm, Lars ^a   Haslund, Mads Lyhne ^b   Robach, Paul ^c   van Hall, Gerrit ^b,d   Calbet, Jose A L ^e   Saltin, Bengt ^b   Lundby, Carsten ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c Ecole Nationale de Ski et d'Alpinisme   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEUCINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; OXYGEN;

ADULT; ALTITUDE ACCLIMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CALORIC INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE FIBRIL; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SARCOPLASM; SEA LEVEL; VASTUS LATERALIS MUSCLE; ACCLIMATIZATION; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BIOPSY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; KINETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ACCLIMATIZATION; ADULT; ALTITUDE; ANOXIA; BIOPSY; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; HUMANS; KINETICS; LEUCINE; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; OXYGEN;

EID: 78650883005     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015606     Document Type: Article

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