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Effects of leucine and its metabolite β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate on human skeletal muscle protein metabolism

Maintenance of skeletal muscle mass is contingent upon the dynamic equilibrium (fasted losses–fed gains) in protein turnover. Of all nutrients, the single amino acid leucine (Leu) possesses the most marked anabolic characteristics in acting as a trigger element for the initiation of protein synthesi...

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Autores principales: Wilkinson, D J, Hossain, T, Hill, D S, Phillips, B E, Crossland, H, Williams, J, Loughna, P, Churchward-Venne, T A, Breen, L, Phillips, S M, Etheridge, T, Rathmacher, J A, Smith, K, Szewczyk, N J, Atherton, P J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Science Inc 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3690694/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23551944
http://dx.doi.org/10.1113/jphysiol.2013.253203