Control of skeletal muscle atrophy in response to disuse: Clinical/preclinical contentions and fallacies of evidence

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 311, Issue 3, 2016, Pages E594-E604

  Atherton, Philip J ^a   Greenhaff, Paul L ^b   Phillips, Stuart M ^c   Bodine, Sue C ^d   Adams, Christopher M ^e,f   Lang, Charles H ^g  

^a ROYAL DERBY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activating transcription factor 4; Disuse atrophy; Muscle ring finger 1; Protein degradation; Protein synthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; MUSCLE PROTEIN;

AGING; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CLINICAL RESEARCH; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVIEW; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PATHOLOGY;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MUSCULAR DISORDERS, ATROPHIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS;

EID: 84987770983     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00257.2016     Document Type: Review

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