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Whey Protein Enhances GLP-2's Gut Growth Effects in Malnourished Rats

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The takeaway

Whey protein potentiated GLP-2's intestinal growth-promoting effects in parenterally fed rats, demonstrating protein nutrition enhances gut peptide-driven intestinal repair — relevant for malnourished and TPN patients.

Key finding

Whey protein potentiated GLP-2's intestinal growth-promoting effects in parenterally fed rats, demonstrating protein nutrition enhances gut peptide-dr

What the researchers found

Whey protein potentiated GLP-2's intestinal growth-promoting effects in parenterally fed rats, demonstrating protein nutrition enhances gut peptide-driven intestinal repair — relevant for malnourished and TPN patients.

Why it matters

Relevant for peptide research.

How the study worked

research study.

What this study cannot tell us

See abstract.

How to read the evidence

emerging evidence.

When this study was published

Published in 2009.

The bigger picture

Advances peptide research.

Questions still open

  • Further research needed.

Common questions

What was studied?
Whey Protein Enhances GLP-2's Gut Growth Effects in Malnourished Rats
What was found?
Whey protein potentiated GLP-2's intestinal growth-promoting effects in parenterally fed rats, demonstrating protein nutrition enhances gut peptide-driven intestinal repair — relevant for malnourished and TPN patients.

Read the original research

Whey protein potentiates the intestinotrophic action of glucagon-like peptide-2 in parenterally fed rats.

American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 297(5), R1554-62

Citation

Liu, Xiaowen; Murali, Sangita G; Holst, Jens J; Ney, Denise M. (2009). Whey protein potentiates the intestinotrophic action of glucagon-like peptide-2 in parenterally fed rats.. American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology, 297(5), R1554-62. https://doi.org/10.1152/ajpregu.00423.2009