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SUBMITTER: Tabony AM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3182768 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tabony A Michael AM Yoshida Tadashi T Galvez Sarah S Higashi Yusuke Y Sukhanov Sergiy S Chandrasekar Bysani B Mitch William E WE Delafontaine Patrice P
Hypertension (Dallas, Tex. : 1979) 20110815 4
Congestive heart failure and chronic kidney disease are characterized by chronically elevated angiotensin II (Ang II) and muscle wasting. Ang II causes skeletal muscle wasting by reducing appetite and by enhancing catabolism. The serine/threonine kinase AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) functions mainly as a sensor of cellular energy status. It is energy sparing and favors ATP generation. We hypothesized that Ang II induces muscle wasting in part by inhibiting AMPK signaling and altering cellu ...[more]