Junjun Wang

TL;DR: Glycine plays an important role in metabolic regulation, anti-oxidative reactions, and neurological function and has been used to prevent tissue injury, promote protein synthesis and wound healing, and improve immunity.

TL;DR: Amino acids (AA) have enormous physiological importance, serving as building blocks for proteins and substrates for synthesis of low-molecular-weight substances as discussed by the authors, and therefore, functions of AA beyond protein synthesis must be considered in dietary formulations to improve efficiency of nutrient use, growth, development, reproduction, lactation and well-being in animals.

TL;DR: Test the hypothesis that weaning or glutamine may modulate expression of genes that are crucial for intestinal metabolism and function and reveal coordinate alterations of gene expression in response to weaning, providing molecular mechanisms for the beneficial effect of dietary glutamine supplementation to improve nutrition status in young mammals.

TL;DR: Based on new research findings, NEAA should be taken into consideration in revising the classical “ideal protein” concept and formulating balanced diets to improve protein accretion, food efficiency, and health in animals and humans.

TL;DR: The novel findings suggest that cellular signaling defects, redox imbalance, reduced protein synthesis, and enhanced proteolysis may be the major mechanisms responsible for abnormal absorption and metabolism of nutrients, as well as reduced growth and impaired development of the small intestine, liver, and muscle in IUGR neonates.