Dietary supplementation with β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate calcium during the early postnatal period accelerates skeletal muscle fibre growth and maturity in intra-uterine growth-retarded and normal-birth-weight piglets

Leucine improves growth performance of intrauterine growth retardation piglets by modifying gene and protein expression related to protein synthesis

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Dietary Tributyrin Supplementation Attenuates Insulin Resistance and Abnormal Lipid Metabolism in Suckling Piglets with Intrauterine Growth Retardation

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Leucine is a major regulator of muscle protein synthesis in neonates

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Animal board invited review: advances in proteomics for animal and food sciences

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Changes in plasma amino acid profiles, growth performance and intestinal antioxidant capacity of piglets following increased consumption of methionine as its hydroxy analogue

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The effects of 12 weeks of beta-hydroxy-beta-methylbutyrate free acid supplementation on muscle mass, strength, and power in resistance-trained individuals: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study

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Investigation of the Presence of β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyric Acid and α-Hydroxyisocaproic Acid in Bovine Whole Milk and Fermented Dairy Products by a Validated Liquid Chromatography–Mass Spectrometry Method

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Leucine pulses enhance skeletal muscle protein synthesis during continuous feeding in neonatal pigs

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Protein synthesis in skeletal muscle of neonatal pigs is enhanced by administration of β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate

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Age-related changes and nutritional regulation of myosin heavy-chain composition in longissimus dorsi of commercial pigs

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Effects of high nutrient intake on the growth performance, intestinal morphology and immune function of neonatal intra-uterine growth-retarded pigs

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Spontaneous intra-uterine growth restriction modulates the endocrine status and the developmental expression of genes in porcine fetal and neonatal adipose tissue

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

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Effect of  -hydroxy- -methylbutyrate calcium on growth, blood parameters, and carcass qualities of broiler chickens

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Intrauterine crowding impairs formation and growth of secondary myofibers in pigs

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Development and validation of LC-MS/MS method for the estimation ofβ-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate in rat plasma and its application to pharmacokinetic studies

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β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate did not enhance high intensity resistance training-induced improvements in myofiber dimensions and myogenic capacity in aged female rats

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Limited and excess protein intake of pregnant gilts differently affects body composition and cellularity of skeletal muscle and subcutaneous adipose tissue of newborn and weanling piglets

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Chronic supplementation of beta-hydroxy-beta methylbutyrate (HMβ) increases the activity of the GH/IGF-I axis and induces hyperinsulinemia in rats

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Maternal dietary protein induces opposite myofiber type transition in Meishan pigs at weaning and finishing stages

(2011) Jinquan Wang et al.   MEAT SCIENCE

β-Hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMβ) supplementation stimulates skeletal muscle hypertrophy in rats via the mTOR pathway

(2011) Gustavo D Pimentel et al.   Nutrition & Metabolism

The expression pattern of myogenic regulatory factors MyoD, Myf6 and Pax7 in postnatal porcine skeletal muscles

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Effects of β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate treatment in different types of skeletal muscle of intact and septic rats

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Stimulation of Muscle Protein Synthesis by Prolonged Parenteral Infusion of Leucine Is Dependent on Amino Acid Availability in Neonatal Pigs

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Effect of piglet birth weight on body weight, growth, backfat, and longissimus muscle area of commercial market swine

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Leucine stimulates protein synthesis in skeletal muscle of neonatal pigs by enhancing mTORC1 activation

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Attenuation of depression of muscle protein synthesis induced by lipopolysaccharide, tumor necrosis factor, and angiotensin II by β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate

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Regulation of muscle growth in neonates

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Relationship between myosin heavy chain isoform expression and muscling in several diverse pig breeds1

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