Current understanding of sarcopenia: possible candidates modulating muscle mass

Pflugers Archiv European Journal of Physiology

Volumn 467, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 213-229

  Sakuma, Kunihiro ^a   Aoi, Wataru ^b   Yamaguchi, Akihiko ^c  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autophagy; Myostatin; Sarcopenia; Serum response factor; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; MAMMALIAN TARGET OF RAPAMYCIN; MYOSTATIN; PROTEASOME; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UBIQUITIN;

APOPTOSIS; AUTOPHAGY; FIBER; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; INDEPENDENCE; LYSOSOME; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SARCOPENIA; SKELETAL MUSCLE; AGING; ANIMAL; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; AUTOPHAGY; HUMANS; MYOSTATIN; SARCOPENIA; SERUM RESPONSE FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UBIQUITINS;

EID: 84906228802     PISSN: 00316768     EISSN: 14322013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00424-014-1527-x     Document Type: Review

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