Citrulline stimulates muscle protein synthesis, by reallocating ATP consumption to muscle protein synthesis

• Main Authors: Arthur Goron (Author), Frédéric Lamarche (Author), Sandrine Blanchet (Author), Pascale Delangle (Author), Uwe Schlattner (Author), Eric Fontaine (Author), Christophe Moinard (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wiley, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Animal studies and clinical data support the interest of citrulline as a promising therapeutic for sarcopenia. Citrulline is known to stimulate muscle protein synthesis, but how it affects energy metabolism to support the highly energy‐dependent protein synthesis machinery is poo...