Citrulline does not prevent skeletal muscle wasting or weakness in limb-casted mice

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 145, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 900-906

  Ham, Daniel J ^a   Kennedy, Tahnee L ^a   Caldow, Marissa K ^a   Chee, Annabel ^a   Lynch, Gordon S ^a   Koopman, René ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Autophagy; Disuse; Immobilization; Muscle atrophy; Muscle breakdown; Muscle force

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; ATROGIN 1; CITRULLINE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 6; MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN BNIP3; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; BNIP3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; ISOPROTEIN; MAP1LC3 PROTEIN, MOUSE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; MUSCLE PROTEIN; NOS2 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPHAGY; BODY MASS; CAST APPLICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HINDLIMB MUSCLE; MALE; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TETANIC CONTRACTION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTAKE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TIBIALIS ANTERIOR MUSCLE; ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE MODEL; EXERCISE; FRACTURE FIXATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HINDLIMB; METABOLISM; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ADENOVIRIDAE; MUS;

ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CITRULLINE; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FRACTURE FIXATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HINDLIMB; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE II; PROTEIN ISOFORMS; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL;

EID: 84929485303     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.114.203737     Document Type: Article

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