Protein quality and the protein to carbohydrate ratio within a high fat diet influences energy balance and the gut microbiota in C57BL/6J mice

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  McAllan, Liam ^a,b   Skuse, Peter ^a,b   Cotter, Paul D ^a,c   O'Connor, Paula ^a   Cryan, John F ^b,c   Ross, R Paul ^a   Fitzgerald, Gerald ^b   Roche, Helen M ^d   Nilaweera, Kanishka N ^a  

^a TEAGASC   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BETA 3 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; CASEIN; CD68 ANTIGEN; FATTY ACID SYNTHASE; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; INSULIN RECEPTOR; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; LEPTIN; LIPOPROTEIN LIPASE; MESSENGER RNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; C57BL 6 MOUSE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLOSTRIDIACEAE; CLOSTRIDIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; FAT MASS; FATTY ACID BLOOD LEVEL; FECES; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLACEAE; LACTOBACILLUS; LIPID DIET; LOCOMOTION; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; METABOLIC PARAMETERS; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN QUALITY; PROTEIN TO CARBOHYDRATE RATIO; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BODY COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; DIET, HIGH-FAT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HORMONES; HYPOTHALAMUS; LIVER; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROBIOTA; MILK PROTEINS; PROTEINS;

EID: 84895770301     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088904     Document Type: Article

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