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SUBMITTER: Whitmore C
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6966811 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Whitmore Clayton C Pratt Evan P S EPS Anderson Luke L Bradley Kevin K Latour Sawyer M SM Hashmi Mariam N MN Urazaev Albert K AK Weilbaecher Rod R Davie Judith K JK Wang Wen-Horng WH Hockerman Gregory H GH Pond Amber L AL
Skeletal muscle 20200116 1
<h4>Background</h4>Skeletal muscle atrophy is the net loss of muscle mass that results from an imbalance in protein synthesis and protein degradation. It occurs in response to several stimuli including disease, injury, starvation, and normal aging. Currently, there is no truly effective pharmacological therapy for atrophy; therefore, exploration of the mechanisms contributing to atrophy is essential because it will eventually lead to discovery of an effective therapeutic target. The ether-a-go-g ...[more]