Translating mighty mice into neuromuscular therapeutics: Is bigger muscle better?

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 168, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1775-1778

  Hoffman, Eric P ^a   Escolar, Diana ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; FOLLISTATIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA; INSULIN; LAMININ ALPHA2; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MYOSTATIN; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; SARCOGLYCAN; SOMATOMEDIN C; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXO; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; FAST MUSCLE; HERITABILITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HYPERPLASIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MOUSE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DISEASE; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE TRAINING; MYOBLAST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLOW MUSCLE; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

EID: 33744721798     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2006.060270     Document Type: Note

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