The curious case of anabolic resistance: old wives' tales or new fables?

Whey protein stimulates postprandial muscle protein accretion more effectively than do casein and casein hydrolysate in older men

(2011) Bart Pennings et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Muscle protein metabolism responds similarly to exogenous amino acids in healthy younger and older adults during NO-induced hyperemia

(2011) E. Lichar Dillon et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Regulation of muscle protein synthesis in humans

(2011) Bethan E. Phillips et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN CLINICAL NUTRITION AND METABOLIC CARE

Enhanced Amino Acid Sensitivity of Myofibrillar Protein Synthesis Persists for up to 24 h after Resistance Exercise in Young Men

(2011) Nicholas A. Burd et al.   JOURNAL OF NUTRITION

Does the Amount of Fat Mass Predict Age-Related Loss of Lean Mass, Muscle Strength, and Muscle Quality in Older Adults?

(2011) A. Koster et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

Protein Anabolic Responses to a Fed Steady State in Healthy Aging

(2011) Stéphanie Chevalier et al.   JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES

Aging impairs contraction-induced human skeletal muscle mTORC1 signaling and protein synthesis

(2011) Christopher S Fry et al.   Skeletal Muscle

Exercising before protein intake allows for greater use of dietary protein–derived amino acids for de novo muscle protein synthesis in both young and elderly men

(2010) Bart Pennings et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Pharmacological Vasodilation Improves Insulin-Stimulated Muscle Protein Anabolism but Not Glucose Utilization in Older Adults

(2010) K. L. Timmerman et al.   DIABETES

Age-related anabolic resistance after endurance-type exercise in healthy humans

(2010) William J. Durham et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

The anabolic response to resistance exercise and a protein-rich meal is not diminished by age

(2010) T. B. Symonsi et al.   Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging

Blunting of insulin inhibition of proteolysis in legs of older subjects may contribute to age-related sarcopenia

(2009) Emilie A Wilkes et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Ingestion of a protein hydrolysate is accompanied by an accelerated in vivo digestion and absorption rate when compared with its intact protein

(2009) René Koopman et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NUTRITION

Anabolic resistance: the effects of aging, sexual dimorphism, and immobilization on human muscle protein turnoverThis paper is one of a selection of papers published in this Special Issue, entitled 14th International Biochemistry of Exercise Conference – Muscles as Molecular and Metabolic Machines, and has undergone the Journal’s usual peer review process.

(2009) Michael J. Rennie   Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism

Supraphysiological hyperinsulinaemia is necessary to stimulate skeletal muscle protein anabolism in older adults: evidence of a true age-related insulin resistance of muscle protein metabolism

(2009) S. Fujita et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Disassociation between the effects of amino acids and insulin on signaling, ubiquitin ligases, and protein turnover in human muscle

(2008) P. L. Greenhaff et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

Skeletal muscle protein anabolic response to resistance exercise and essential amino acids is delayed with aging

(2008) Micah J. Drummond et al.   JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSIOLOGY

Age-related differences in the dose-response relationship of muscle protein synthesis to resistance exercise in young and old men

(2008) Vinod Kumar et al.   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON