Psychological stress is known to attenuate body size and lean body mass. We tested the
effects of 1, 3, or 7 days of two different models of psychological stress, 1 h of daily restraint …

Spaceflight and bed rest (BR) lead to muscle atrophy. This study assessed the effect of
essential amino acid (EAA) supplementation and resistance training with decreased energy …

Quadriceps muscle dysfunction occurs in one-third of patients with chronic obstructive
pulmonary disease (COPD) in very early stages of their condition, even prior to the …

Aim Studies in humans show global changes in mRNA and protein expression occur in
human skeletal muscle during bed rest. As micro RNA s are important regulators of …

The Ubiquitin Proteasome System (UPS) is a major actor of muscle wasting during various
physio-pathological situations. In the past 15 years, increasing amounts of data have …

Arthritis is a chronic inflammatory illness that induces cachexia, which has a direct impact on
morbidity and mortality. Fenofibrate, a selective PPARα activator prescribed to treat human …

Past research efforts have focused on the energy difference between altered locomotion
methods in reduced gravity at different speeds, suggesting that skipping is energetically …

Striated muscle is a highly specialized collection of tissues with contractile properties that
vary according to functional needs. Although muscle fiber types are established postnatally …

The skeletal muscle system has evolved to maintain body posture against a constant
gravitational load. Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) regulates the mechanically …

Although abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAA) can be potentially stabilized by inhibiting
inflammatory cell recruitment and their release of proteolytic enzymes, active AAA …