Lower Fasted-State but Greater Increase in Muscle Protein Synthesis in Response to Elevated Plasma Amino Acids in Obesity.
Lee TranKaton A KrasNyssa HoffmanJayachandran RavichandranJared M DickinsonAndrew D'LugosChad C CarrollShivam H PatelLawrence J MandarinoLori RoustChristos S KatsanosPublished in: Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (2018)
Adults with obesity have reduced muscle protein synthesis in the fasted state, but this response is compensated for by a greater change in overall muscle protein synthesis during amino acid infusion.