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...re, the intestinal threonine requirement of parenterally fed piglets is significantly lower than that of piglets fed enterally, which might suggest diminished MUC2 synthesis during parenteral feeding =-=(2)-=-. Our present study showed that systemic threonine is utilized for intestinal MUC2 synthesis in preterm infants who were predominantly fed enteral nutrition. However, it is yet unknown whether systemi...

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... and between 12.1–89.7%/day in our previous study. Moreover, the FSR of other tissue proteins like albumin and skeletal muscle proteins is much lower, 6%/day and 2%/day in adult humans, respectively =-=(1, 17, 34)-=-. In this context, the small intestinal MUC2 synthesis rate is notably high (median 67.2%) in preterm infants recovering from NEC and is among the highest so far determined in humans. The importance o...