title: Cytokines and glucocorticoids in the regulation of the "hepato-skeletal muscle axis" in sepsis.
abstract: Sepsis results in muscle catabolism and peripheral release of amino acids with a concomitant uptake of amino acids in liver and acute-phase protein synthesis. In addition, there appears to be a cytokine-induced process that blocks muscle amino acid uptake in sepsis, further diverting amino acids from the periphery to the liver. In this article, evidence that cytokines and glucocorticoids play an important role in the regulation of hepatic and muscle protein metabolism during sepsis is presented.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, Ohio 45267-0558.
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: P O
authors.initials: PO
authors.lastname: Hasselgren
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000378:metabolism*; D016207:Cytokines / Q000502:physiology*; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007378:Interleukins / Q000502:physiology; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D009132:Muscles / Q000378:metabolism*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D016207:Cytokines; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D007378:Interleukins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha