l-Leucine Increases Skeletal Muscle IGF-1 but Does Not Differentially Increase Akt/mTORC1 Signaling and Serum IGF-1 Compared to Ursolic Acid in Response to Resistance Exercise in Resistance-Trained Men

Journal of the American College of Nutrition

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 627-638

  Church, David D ^a   Schwarz, Neil A ^a   Spillane, Mike B ^a   McKinley Barnard, Sarah K ^a   Andre, Tom L ^a   Ramirez, Alejandro J ^a   Willoughby, Darryn S ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

branched chain amino acid; cell signaling; muscle protein synthesis; resistance exercise

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEUCINE; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; PLACEBO; PROTEIN KINASE B; SOMATOMEDIN C; URSOLIC ACID; MECHANISTIC TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN COMPLEX 1; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN KINASE; TRITERPENE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY COMPOSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FAT FREE MASS; FAT MASS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE BIOPSY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PROTEIN CONTENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENT; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; INSULIN; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; LEUCINE; MALE; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEXES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RESISTANCE TRAINING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TOR SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TRITERPENES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84975477039     PISSN: 07315724     EISSN: 15411087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315724.2015.1132019     Document Type: Article

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