title: Body maintenance and repair: how food and exercise keep the musculoskeletal system in good shape.
abstract: This article provides a personal view of how feeding and exercise acutely modify protein metabolism of human skeletal muscle, with discussion of the anabolic signalling mechanisms involved and some new findings on the metabolism of the turnover of collagen, tendon and bone.
authors.affiliation: University of Nottingham, School of Biomedical Sciences, Graduate Entry Medical School, Derby City General Hospital, Uttoxeter Road, Derby DE22 3DT, UK. michael.rennie@nottingham.ac.uk
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Rennie
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology; D000596:Amino Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D004777:Environment; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005502:Food; D005823:Genetics; D006801:Humans; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D009142:Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; D009141:Musculoskeletal System / Q000378:metabolism*; D010809:Physical Fitness / Q000502:physiology; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology; D013710:Tendons / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D009124:Muscle Proteins