title: Dietary protein intake affects albumin fractional synthesis rate in younger and older adults equally.
abstract: Inclusion of dietary protein in meals and beverages affects the hepatic synthesis of the protein albumin. Besides dietary protein, several factors can influence albumin metabolism and affect plasma albumin. The role of aging in albumin synthesis is unclear. Recent research documents that albumin synthesis rate is influenced comparably in younger and older adults by dietary protein ingestion and changes in dietary protein quantity. This emphasizes the importance for all adults to consume an adequate amount of dietary protein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Foods and Nutrition, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
authors.forename: Anna E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Thalacker-Mercer
authors.forename: Wayne W
authors.initials: WW
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000378:metabolism*; D000418:Albumins / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000187:drug effects; D004032:Diet; D004044:Dietary Proteins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004734:Energy Metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D000418:Albumins; D004044:Dietary Proteins