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Editorial
. 2023 Jun 26;15(13):2892.
doi: 10.3390/nu15132892.

Behind Protein Synthesis: Amino Acids-Metabokine Regulators of Both Systemic and Cellular Metabolism

Evasio Pasini  1   2 , Giovanni Corsetti  2 , Francesco S Dioguardi  3
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Editorial

Behind Protein Synthesis: Amino Acids-Metabokine Regulators of Both Systemic and Cellular Metabolism

Evasio Pasini et al. Nutrients. .

Abstract

Recent scientific research suggests that amino acids (AA) are not only the "building bricks" of protein synthesis but may also be considered "metabokines" [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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