Intravenous or luminal amino acids are insufficient to maintain pancreatic growth and digestive enzyme expression in the absence of intact dietary protein.
Baumler MD, Koopmann MC, Thomas DD, Ney DM, Groblewski GE.
Baumler MD, et al. Among authors: ney dm.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2010 Aug;299(2):G338-47. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00165.2010. Epub 2010 Jun 10.
Am J Physiol Gastrointest Liver Physiol. 2010.
PMID: 20539007
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We previously reported that rats receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) undergo significant pancreatic atrophy characterized by reduced total protein and digestive enzyme expression due to a lack of intestinal stimulation by nutrients (Baumler MD, Nelson DW, Ney DM …
We previously reported that rats receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) undergo significant pancreatic atrophy characterized by reduced …