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Title Amino acids in nutrition and health : amino acids in gene expression, metabolic regulation, and exercising performance / Guoyao Wu, editor
Published Cham : Springer, [2021]
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Description 1 online resource : illustrations (some color)
Series Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 0065-2598 ; volume 1332
Advances in experimental medicine and biology ; v. 1332. 0065-2598
Contents Regulation of gene expression by amino acids in animal cells / Nirvay Sah, Guoyao Wu, and Fuller W. Bazer -- Amino acids in cell signaling: regulation and function / Sudikshya Paudel, Guoyao Wu, and Xiaoqiu Wang -- Amino acids in endoplasmic reticulum stress and redox signaling / Ying Yang [and 4 others] -- Amino acids in autophagy: regulation and function / James Z. Shen, Guoyao Wu, and Shaodong Guo -- Oxidation of energy substrates in tissues of fish: metabolic significance and implications for gene expression and carcinogenesis / Sichao Jia [and 3 others] -- Arginine, agmatine, and polyamines: key regulators of conceptus development in mammals / Katherine M. Halloran [and 3 others] -- Interorgan metabolism, nutritional impacts, and safety of dietary L-glutamate and L-glutamine in poultry / Wenliang He [and 5 others] -- Interorgan metabolism of amino acids in human health and disease / Patrick J. Ryan [and 3 others] -- Amino acids and their metabolites for improving human exercising performance / Erin A. Posey, Fuller W. Bazer, and Guoyao Wu -- Role of L-arginine in nitric oxide synthesis and health in humans / Guoyao Wu [and 4 others] -- Composition of amino acids in foodstuffs for humans and animals / Peng Li, Wenliang He, and Guoyao Wu -- Dietary intakes of amino acids and other nutrients by adult humans / Tapasree R. Sarkar [and 6 others]
Summary This book explains about amino acids (AAs) which are not only building blocks of protein, but are also signaling molecules as well as regulators of gene expression and the protein phosphorylation cascade. Additionally, AAs are key precursors for syntheses of hormones and low-molecular-weight nitrogenous substances with each having enormous biological importance. For example, physiological concentrations of AA metabolites (e.g., nitric oxide, polyamines, glutathione, taurine, thyroid hormones, and serotonin) are required for cell functions. Growing evidence shows that humans and animals have dietary requirements for all proteinogenic AAs. Mammals, birds, and fish also have species- and age-dependent needs for some AA-related substances. However, elevated levels of other products (e.g., ammonia, homocysteine, H2S, and asymmetric dimethylarginine) are pathogenic factors for neurological disorders, oxidative stress, and cardiovascular disease. Thus, optimal amounts of AAs and their ratios in diets and circulation are crucial for whole-body homeostasis and health. Adequate provision of one or a mixture of functional AAs or metabolites may be beneficial for ameliorating health problems at various stages of the life cycle (e.g., fetal growth restriction, neonatal morbidity and mortality, weaning-associated intestinal dysfunction and wasting syndrome, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, the metabolic syndrome, and infertility). Dietary supplementation of these nutrients can also optimize the efficiency of metabolic transformations to enhance muscle growth, milk production, and athletic performance, while preventing excess fat deposition and reducing adiposity. Therefore, functional AAs hold great promise in improving the growth, health, and well-being of individuals
Notes Online resource; title from electronic title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed November 24, 2021)
Subject Amino acids.
Gene expression.
Amino acids -- Metabolism.
Amino acids in nutrition.
Nutrition.
Amino Acids -- metabolism
Amino Acids -- physiology
Gene Expression
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Nutrition
Amino acids
Amino acids in nutrition
Amino acids -- Metabolism
Gene expression
Aminoàcids.
Metabolisme.
Genre/Form Llibres electrònics.
Form Electronic book
Author Wu, Guoyao, 1962- editor.
ISBN 9783030741808
303074180X