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. 2022 Dec 1;5(1):10–19. doi: 10.1016/j.smhs.2022.11.004

Table 1.

Summary of human studies investigating mTOR localization in skeletal muscle. Estimated percent change is expressed for studies when possible. n.a., Not applicable (i.e. not measured); T, Resistance Exercise Trained; UT, Untrained; R.Ex, Resistance exercise; CHO, Carbohydrate; EAA, Essential amino acids; LEAA, Leucine-enriched EAA; RT, Resistance training.

Investigation Stimulus/Intervention mTOR-LAMP2 mTOR-WGA LAMP2-WGA mTOR-Rheb
Abou Sawan et al., (2018) 66 R.Ex with whole egg or egg white ↑ (Whole-egg) n.a. n.a. ↑↑
Abou Sawan et al., (2022) 69 Pre & Post RT (8 weeks) with acute R.Ex. ↓ (Trained only) ↑ (T vs UT) n.a. n.a.
D'Lugos et al., (2018) 67 Acute R.Ex ↑ (Type II Fibers) n.a. n.a. n.a.
de Hart et al., (2021) 62 Cheese or milk protein ↑ (Cheese only) n.a. n.a.
Hannaian et al., (2020) 64 R.Ex with LEAA or carb placebo
Hodson et al., (2017) 59 Protein & CHO ​± ​R.Ex ↔↓ ↑↑↑↑ n.a. n.a.
Hodson et al., (2020) 61 Protein & CHO Ingestion n.a. n.a.
Hodson et al., (2022) 58 Protein & CHO ​± ​R.Ex n.a. ↑↑(EX-FED only) n.a. n.a.
Holowaty, Lees, et al., (2022; In Review) Leucine ingestion ↑↑↑ n.a.
Moro et al., (2018) 68 EAA consumption Pre & Post-RT (12 weeks) ↑ (Trained only) n.a. n.a. n.a.
Song et al., (2017) 57 R.Ex ​± ​Protein & CHO ↑↑ ↑↑↑ ↑↑↑