Effects of leucine and its metabolite β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate on human skeletal muscle protein metabolism

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 591, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2911-2923

  Wilkinson, D J ^a   Hossain, T ^a   Hill, D S ^a   Phillips, B E ^a   Crossland, H ^a   Williams, J ^a,b   Loughna, P ^c   Churchward Venne, T A ^d   Breen, L ^d   Phillips, S M ^d   Etheridge, T ^e   Rathmacher, J A ^f   Smith, K ^a   Szewczyk, N J ^a   Atherton, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b DERBY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA HYDROXY BETA METHYLBUTYRATE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MALE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; PROTEOLYSIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VALERATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878433123     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: 14697793     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.2013.253203     Document Type: Article

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