The single-biopsy approach in determining protein synthesis in human slow-turning-over tissue: Use of flood-primed, continuous infusion of amino acid tracers

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 306, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Holm, Lars ^a   Reitelseder, Søren ^a   Dideriksen, Kasper ^a   Nielsen, Rie H ^a   Bülow, Jacob ^a   Kjaer, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Fractional synthesis rate; Protein turnover; Stable isotope; Tracer administration

Indexed keywords

MUSCLE PROTEIN; PHENYLALANINE; PROLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; YOUNG ADULT;

FRACTIONAL SYNTHESIS RATE; PROTEIN TURNOVER; STABLE ISOTOPE; TRACER ADMINISTRATION;

ALGORITHMS; AMINO ACIDS; BIOPSY; COLLAGEN; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; KETO ACIDS; LEUCINE; MALE; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOFIBRILS; PHENYLALANINE; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901705600     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00084.2014     Document Type: Article

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