Nutrition Research
Volume 27, Issue 12 , Pages 772-777 , December 2007

Tumor necrosis factor α attenuates glutamine-enhanced skeletal muscle protein synthesis in rats

  • Jihong Zhou

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, China
    • ,
  • Yousheng Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, China
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +86 25 80860137; fax: +86 25 84803956.
    • ,
  • Fangnan Liu

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, China
    • ,
  • Yacheng Cao

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Soil Science, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Nanjing 210002, China
    • ,
  • Jieshou Li

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, School of Medicine, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210002, China

Received 16 March 2007 ,Revised 7 July 2007 ,Accepted 12 September 2007.

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PII: S0271-5317(07)00222-9

doi: 10.1016/j.nutres.2007.09.010

Nutrition Research
Volume 27, Issue 12 , Pages 772-777 , December 2007

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