Leucine-enriched Amino acid ingestion after resistance exercise prolongs myofibrillar protein synthesis and amino acid transporter expression in older men

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 144, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1694-1702

  Dickinson, Jared M ^a,b   Gundermann, David M ^a   Walker, Dillon K ^a,c   Reidy, Paul ^a   Borack, Michael S ^a   Drummond, Micah J ^a,d   Arora, Mohit ^a   Volpi, Elena ^a   Rasmussen, Blake B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; CARBON 13; ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; HISTIDINE; INITIATION FACTOR 4E BINDING PROTEIN 1; ISOLEUCINE; LEUCINE; LYSINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; MUSCLE PROTEIN; P70 S6 KINASE 1; PHENYLALANINE; S6 KINASE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VALINE; AMINO ACID;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INGESTION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; NORMAL HUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUSCLE FIBRIL; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; AMINO ACIDS; EXERCISE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; LEUCINE; MALE; MYOFIBRILS;

EID: 84916882308     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.198671     Document Type: Article

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