The metabolic picture in lung transplanted patients on low-dose steroid therapy was characterized by normal insulin-stimulated glucose, leucine, and free fatty acid metabolism.

• 接受低剂量类固醇治疗的肺移植患者的特点为胰岛素刺激葡萄糖、亮氨酸和游离脂肪酸代谢均正常。