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ArticleAmerican journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism2024

The impact of forearm immobilization and acipimox administration on muscle amino acid metabolism and insulin sensitivity in healthy, young volunteers.

Marlou L Dirks, Tom S O Jameson, Rob C Andrews, Mandy V Dunlop, Doaa R Abdelrahman, Andrew J Murton, Benjamin T Wall, Francis B Stephens

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Article in American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07690150 (A Novel Angle), which is not on this map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07690150 nanot yet recruitingnot on this mapstarted 2026, after this paper: background citation

A Novel Angle: Manipulating Knee Position to Understand Muscle Deterioration During Leg Immobilization

TypeinterventionalSponsorWageningen UniversityRan2026 to 2028Enrolled30ConditionsMuscle Atrophy, Disuse Atrophy, ImmobilizationArmsKnee immobilization brace (0°) for 5 days, Knee immobilization brace (60°) for 5 days
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 3 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Anabolic Effects of Salbutamol Are Lost Upon Immobilization.Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Marlou L DirksDepartment of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-9189-1042
Tom S O JamesonDepartment of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-0156-0862
Rob C AndrewsInstitute of Biomedical and Clinical Science, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, United Kingdom.
Mandy V DunlopDepartment of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.
Doaa R AbdelrahmanDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States.
Andrew J MurtonDepartment of Surgery, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas, United States.
Benjamin T WallDepartment of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0002-6019-6709
Francis B StephensDepartment of Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-6312-5351
University of Exeter · GBThe University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston · US

Funding

UTMB OAIC Research Education Component (REC)P30AG024832 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BR GALVESTON · PI JAMES S. GOODWIN, MD, MELISSA M. MORROW · 2005 to 2026
$26.7M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024832Wellcome Trust
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although the mechanisms underpinning short-term muscle disuse atrophy and associated insulin resistance remain to be elucidated, perturbed lipid metabolism might be involved. Our aim was to determine the impact of acipimox administration [i.e., pharmacologically lowering circulating nonesterified fatty acid (NEFA) availability] on muscle amino acid metabolism and insulin sensitivity during short-term disuse. Eighteen healthy individuals (age: 22 ± 1 years; body mass index: 24.0 ± 0.6 kg·m

Indexed as

Insulin ResistancePyrazinesAmino AcidsFatty Acids, NonesterifiedForearmGlucoseHumansHypolipidemic AgentsInsulinMusclesPhenylalaninePolyestersVolunteersYoung AdultacipimoxAmino AcidsFatty Acids, NonesterifiedGlucoseHypolipidemic AgentsInsulinPhenylalaninePolyestersPyrazinesamino acid kineticsanabolic resistancedisuse atrophyinsulin sensitivitylipidskeletal muscle

Identifiers

PMID38231001
PMCPMC11193527
OpenAlexW4390956391

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