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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 5.
Published in final edited form as: Cell Metab. 2019 Jun 27;30(3):594–606.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2019.06.002

Fig. 4. The liver and kidneys release amino acids, which are consumed substantially by the other visceral organs.

Fig. 4

(A-C) Exchange fluxes of the indicated amino acids in pigs. Data are means and error bars are standard errors (N = 5 pigs). “Others” refers to Ala, Pro, Arg and Tyr. (D) Newly synthesized proteins in mice. Visceral organs (intestine, pancreas, and spleen) show the most active protein synthesis. Mice were intravenously infused with [U-13C]-leucine for 2 h and protein leucine labeling was normalized to blood leucine labeling. Data are means and error bars are standard errors (N = 8 mice). See also Figure S5.