(-)-Epicatechin combined with 8 weeks of treadmill exercise is associated with increased angiogenic and mitochondrial signaling in mice

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 6, Issue MAR, 2015, Pages

  Lee, Icksoo ^a   Hüttemann, Maik ^b   Kruger, Adele ^b   Bollig Fischer, Aliccia ^b   Malek, Moh H ^b,c  

^a Dankook University   (South Korea)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Exercise tolerance; Fatigue; Mitochondrial proteins; Mouse model; Muscle; Skeletal

Indexed keywords

CITRATE SYNTHASE; EPICATECHIN; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA COACTIVATOR 1BETA; THROMBOSPONDIN 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FKHR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR 2;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOGENESIS; BODY MASS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENDURANCE TRAINING; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TREADMILL EXERCISE; TREADMILL TEST; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84926467838     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2015.00043     Document Type: Article

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