The possible role of leucine in modulating glucose homeostasis under distinct catabolic conditions

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 883-888

  Zanchi, Nelo Eidy ^a   Guimarães Ferreira, Lucas ^b   Siqueira Filho, Mário Alves ^a   Gabriel Camporez, João Paulo ^a   Nicastro, Humberto ^a   Seixas Chaves, Daniela Fojo ^a   Campos Ferraz, Patrícia ^a   Lancha, Antonio Herbert ^a   de Oliveira Carvalho, Carla Roberta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ESPÍRITO SANTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; S6 KINASE;

ARTICLE; CATABOLISM; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECEPTOR INTRINSIC ACTIVITY;

DEXAMETHASONE; DIETARY PROTEINS; GLUCOSE; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LEUCINE; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84869085167     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: 15322777     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2012.09.018     Document Type: Article

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