Testosterone and progesterone, but not estradiol, stimulate muscle protein synthesis in postmenopausal women

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 256-265

  Smith, Gordon I ^a   Yoshino, Jun ^a   Reeds, Dominic N ^a   Bradley, David ^a   Burrows, Rachel E ^a   Heisey, Henry D ^a   Moseley, Anna C ^a   Mittendorfer, Bettina ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; FOLLISTATIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; MYOD1 PROTEIN; MYOSTATIN; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHRL1;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOXO3 GENE; FST GENE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; MSTN GENE; MUSCLE MASS; MYOD1 GENE; NORMAL HUMAN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ADULT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY COMPOSITION; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; INSULIN; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84892164946     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 19457197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2013-2835     Document Type: Article

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