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  1. Protein ingestion acutely inhibits insulin-stimulated muscle carnitine uptake in healthy young men

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 2015, American Society for Nutrition

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  2. Lipid-Induced Insulin Resistance Is Associated With an Impaired Skeletal Muscle Protein Synthetic Response to Amino Acid Ingestion in Healthy Young Men

    Article • Diabetes, December 2014, American Diabetes Association

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  3. Fish oil omega-3 fatty acids partially prevent lipid-induced insulin resistance in human skeletal muscle without limiting acylcarnitine accumulation

    Article • Clinical Science, September 2014, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  4. Increasing skeletal muscle carnitine content to improve glycaemic control in Type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Article • July 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  5. Skeletal muscle carnitine transport

    Article • June 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  6. Transient transcriptional events in human skeletal muscle at the outset of concentric resistance exercise training

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, November 2013, American Physiological Society

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  7. Skeletal muscle carnitine loading increases energy expenditure, modulates fuel metabolism gene networks and prevents body fat accumulation in humans

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, August 2013, Wiley

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  8. Independent and combined effects of acute physiological hyperglycaemia and hyperinsulinaemia on metabolic gene expression in human skeletal muscle

    Article • Clinical Science, June 2013, Portland Press Ltd.

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  9. Reduced fat oxidation during high intensity, submaximal exercise: is the availability of carnitine important?

    Article • European Journal of Sport Science, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  10. Carnitine and Fat Oxidation

    Article • January 2013, Karger Publishers

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  11. Perioperative perturbations in carnitine metabolism are attenuated by preoperative carbohydrate treatment: Another mechanism by which preoperative feeding may attenuate development of postoperative insulin resistance

    Article • Clinical Nutrition, October 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  12. Vegetarians have a reduced skeletal muscle carnitine transport capacity

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, July 2011, American Society for Nutrition

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  13. Chronic oral ingestion ofl-carnitine and carbohydrate increases muscle carnitine content and alters muscle fuel metabolism during exercise in humans

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, February 2011, Wiley

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  14. Basal and insulin-stimulated pyruvate dehydrogenase complex activation, glycogen synthesis and metabolic gene expression in human skeletal muscle the day after a single bout of exercise

    Article • Experimental Physiology, June 2010, Wiley

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  15. New insights concerning the role of carnitine in the regulation of fuel metabolism in skeletal muscle

    Article • The Journal of Physiology, May 2007, Wiley

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  16. An Acute Increase in Skeletal Muscle Carnitine Content Alters Fuel Metabolism in Resting Human Skeletal Muscle

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, December 2006, Endocrine Society

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  17. Carbohydrate ingestion augments L-carnitine retention in humans

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, November 2006, American Physiological Society

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  18. A threshold exists for the stimulatory effect of insulin on plasma L-carnitine clearance in humans

    Article • AJP Endocrinology and Metabolism, July 2006, American Physiological Society

    Dr Francis B Stephens

  19. Insulin stimulates L-carnitine accumulation in human skeletal muscle

    Article • The FASEB Journal, December 2005, Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology (FASEB)

    Dr Francis B Stephens