Targeted ablation of IKK2 improves skeletal muscle strength, maintains mass, and promotes regeneration.
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SUBMITTER: Mourkioti F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC1626136 | biostudies-literature | 2006 Nov
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Targeted ablation of IKK2 improves skeletal muscle strength, maintains mass, and promotes regeneration.
Mourkioti Foteini F Kratsios Paschalis P Luedde Tom T Song Yao-Hua YH Delafontaine Patrick P Adami Raffaella R Parente Valeria V Bottinelli Roberto R Pasparakis Manolis M Rosenthal Nadia N
The Journal of clinical investigation 20061101 11
NF-kappaB is a major pleiotropic transcription factor modulating immune, inflammatory, cell survival, and proliferative responses, yet the relevance of NF-kappaB signaling in muscle physiology and disease is less well documented. Here we show that muscle-restricted NF-kappaB inhibition in mice, through targeted deletion of the activating kinase inhibitor of NF-kappaB kinase 2 (IKK2), shifted muscle fiber distribution and improved muscle force. In response to denervation, IKK2 depletion protected ...[more]
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