New therapeutic strategy for amino acid medicine: Notable functions of branched chain amino acids as biological regulators

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 149-155

  Yoshizawa, Fumiaki ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Branched chain amino acid; Glucose metabolism; Isoleucine; Leucine; Protein metabolism

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE PHOSPHATE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENYLATE KINASE; AMPK ALPHA1; AMPK ALPHA2; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE 6 PHOSPHATASE; GLYCOGEN; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE CARBOXYKINASE (GTP); UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

ANTIDIABETIC ACTIVITY; CATABOLISM; CELL ENERGY; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSE OXIDATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIPID METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRITION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SHORT SURVEY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 84857522436     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.11R05FM     Document Type: Short Survey

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