Muscle unloading potentiates the effects of acetyl-L-carnitine on the slow oxidative muscle phenotype

BioFactors

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 70-77

  Cassano, Pierluigi ^a   Flück, Martin ^b,c   Sciancalepore, Anna Giovanna ^a   Pesce, Vito ^a   Calvani, Menotti ^d   Hoppeler, Hans ^b   Cantatore, Palmiro ^a,e   Gadaleta, Maria Nicola ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c MANCHESTER METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Sigma Tau SpA   (Italy)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acetyl L carnitine; Gene expression; Oxidative metabolism; Soleus muscle; Unloading

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; LEVACECARNINE;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IMMOBILIZATION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; RAT; SOLEUS MUSCLE; SUPPLEMENTATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ANIMALS; CITRATE (SI)-SYNTHASE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; HINDLIMB SUSPENSION; MITOCHONDRIA, MUSCLE; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

EID: 77951101360     PISSN: 09516433     EISSN: 18728081     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/biof.74     Document Type: Article

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