The Effects of Growth Hormone and/or Testosterone on Whole Body Protein Kinetics and Skeletal Muscle Gene Expression in Healthy Elderly Men: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Author(s) -
Manthos G. Giannoulis,
Nicola Jackson,
Fariba ShojaeeMoradie,
K. Sreekumaran Nair,
Peter H. Sönksen,
Finbarr C. Martin,
A. Margot Umpleby
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2007-2695
Subject(s) - endocrinology , placebo , medicine , testosterone (patch) , leucine , skeletal muscle , vo2 max , growth hormone treatment , protein turnover , biology , hormone , growth hormone , biochemistry , protein biosynthesis , blood pressure , heart rate , amino acid , alternative medicine , pathology
Alterations of protein turnover may contribute to the progressive decline of muscle mass with aging.
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