Response to dietary l-glutamine supplementation in weaned piglets: A serum metabolomic comparison and hepatic metabolic regulation analysis

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 4421-4430

  Xiao, Y P ^a   Wu, T X ^a   Sun, J M ^a   Yang, L ^a   Hong, Q H ^a   Chen, A G ^b   Yang, C M ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glutamine; Liver; Metabolic regulation; Metabolomics; Piglet; Serum

Indexed keywords

GLUTAMINE; MESSENGER RNA; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; LIVER; METABOLISM; METABOLOME; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SWINE;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GLUTAMINE; LIVER; METABOLOME; PPAR GAMMA; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RNA, MESSENGER; SWINE; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84882604964     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: 15253163     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/jas.2012-5039     Document Type: Article

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