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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Helen MacLean
PROVIDER: E-MTAB-597 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
MacLean Helen E HE Chiu W S Maria WS Notini Amanda J AJ Axell Anna-Maree AM Davey Rachel A RA McManus Julie F JF Ma Cathy C Plant David R DR Lynch Gordon S GS Zajac Jeffrey D JD
FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology 20080407 8
To identify mechanisms of anabolic androgen action in muscle, we generated male and female genomic androgen receptor (AR) knockout (ARKO) mice, and characterized muscle mass, contractile function, and gene expression. Muscle mass is decreased in ARKO males, but normal in ARKO females. The levator ani muscle, which fails to develop in normal females, is also absent in ARKO males. Force production is decreased from fast-twitch ARKO male muscle, and slow-twitch muscle has increased fatigue resistan ...[more]