Leucine pulses enhance skeletal muscle protein synthesis during continuous feeding in neonatal pigs

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 305, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Boutry, Claire ^a   El Kadi, Samer W ^a   Suryawan, Agus ^a   Wheatley, Scott M ^a   Orellana, Renán A ^a   Kimball, Scot R ^b   Nguyen, Hanh V ^a   Davis, Teresa A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Amino acid; Infant; Orogastric feeding; Protein metabolism; Translation initiation

Indexed keywords

ATROGIN 1; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; GLUCAGON; GLUCOSE; HISTIDINE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE KINASE ALPHA; INITIATION FACTOR 2; INITIATION FACTOR 2ALPHA; INITIATION FACTOR 4E; INITIATION FACTOR 4E BINDING PROTEIN 1; INITIATION FACTOR 4G; INSULIN; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; METHIONINE; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MUSCLE RING FINGER 1 PROTEIN; NONESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEASOME; S6 KINASE; THREONINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1; TRYPTOPHAN; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING; FOOD COMPOSITION; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; GLUCAGON BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LIVER; LONGISSIMUS DORSI MUSCLE; LYSOSOME; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SMALL INTESTINE; SOLEUS MUSCLE; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 84883826909     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00135.2013     Document Type: Article

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