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Disuse-induced muscle wasting.

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The current understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms regulating muscle loss under disuse conditions are examined, discussing the similarities and areas of dispute between the animal and human literature.
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This article is published in The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell Biology.The article was published on 2013-10-01 and is currently open access. It has received 270 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Muscle atrophy & Atrophy.

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Skeletal muscle atrophy during short-term disuse: Implications for age-related sarcopenia

TL;DR: Research is warranted to elucidate the physiological and molecular basis for rapid muscle loss during short periods of disuse, which will allow the characterization of nutritional, exercise and/or pharmacological interventions to prevent or attenuate Muscle loss during periods ofdisuse and therefore aid in the treatment of age-related sarcopenia.
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An Antibody Blocking Activin Type II Receptors Induces Strong Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy and Protects from Atrophy

TL;DR: A novel, human anti-ActRII antibody is developed to prevent binding of ligands to the receptors and thus inhibit downstream signaling in the myostatin/activin type II receptor pathway, highlighting the compelling therapeutic potential of BYM338 for the treatment of skeletal muscle atrophy and weakness in multiple settings.
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MicroRNAs in metabolism

TL;DR: This review emphasizes current ideas and controversies within miRNA research in metabolism, and emphasizes their importance as both endocrine signalling molecules and potentially disease markers.
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Hindlimb unloading: rodent analog for microgravity.

TL;DR: Key HU results for various organ systems including those related to stress; the immune, cardiovascular, and nervous systems; vision changes; and wound healing are examined.
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Muscle Atrophy Induced by Mechanical Unloading: Mechanisms and Potential Countermeasures

TL;DR: Current and potential therapeutic countermeasures that have shown promising results in preventing and restoring disuse-induced muscle loss are elaborated and what are the key challenges in this field as well as some future prospectives are identified.
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Identification of Ubiquitin Ligases Required for Skeletal Muscle Atrophy

TL;DR: Two genes encode ubiquitin ligases that are potential drug targets for the treatment of muscle atrophy, and mice deficient in either MAFbx orMuRF1 were found to be resistant to atrophy.
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Foxo Transcription Factors Induce the Atrophy-Related Ubiquitin Ligase Atrogin-1 and Cause Skeletal Muscle Atrophy

TL;DR: It is shown that in cultured myotubes undergoing atrophy, the activity of the PI3K/AKT pathway decreases, leading to activation of Foxo transcription factors and atrogin-1 induction.
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Akt/mTOR pathway is a crucial regulator of skeletal muscle hypertrophy and can prevent muscle atrophy in vivo.

TL;DR: It is concluded that the activation of the Akt/mTOR pathway and its downstream targets, p70S6K and PHAS-1/4E-BP1, is requisitely involved in regulating skeletal muscle fibre size, and that activation of this pathway can oppose muscle atrophy induced by disuse.
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