Whey protein intake after resistance exercise activates mTOR signaling in a dose-dependent manner in human skeletal muscle

European Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 735-742

  Kakigi, Ryo ^a,b   Yoshihara, Toshinori ^a   Ozaki, Hayao ^a   Ogura, Yuji ^c   Ichinoseki Sekine, Noriko ^a   Kobayashi, Hiroyuki ^d   Naito, Hisashi ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concentric contraction; Mammalian target of rapamycin; Muscle protein synthesis; Whey hydrolysate

Indexed keywords

EIF4EBP1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; MILK PROTEIN; PHOSPHOPROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE B; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASE, 70KD, POLYPEPTIDE 1; S6 KINASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; WHEY PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; KNEE; MALE; METABOLISM; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AMINO ACIDS, ESSENTIAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; HUMANS; KNEE; MALE; MILK PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; RESISTANCE TRAINING; RIBOSOMAL PROTEIN S6 KINASES, 70-KDA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896491100     PISSN: 14396319     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00421-013-2812-7     Document Type: Article

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