Inflammation and skeletal muscle regeneration: leave it to the macrophages!

B Chazaud - Trends in immunology, 2020 - cell.com
Inflammation is usually considered as harmful; however, it is also necessary for tissue
recovery after injury. Macrophages exert immune and nonimmune functions throughout this …

Skeletal muscle atrophy: From mechanisms to treatments

L Yin, N Li, W Jia, N Wang, M Liang, X Yang… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscle is a crucial tissue for movement, gestural assistance, metabolic
homeostasis, and thermogenesis. It makes up approximately 40% of the total body weight …

Muscle damage and inflammation during recovery from exercise

JM Peake, O Neubauer… - Journal of applied …, 2017 - journals.physiology.org
Unaccustomed exercise consisting of eccentric (ie, lengthening) muscle contractions often
results in muscle damage characterized by ultrastructural alterations in muscle tissue …

[HTML][HTML] Stimuli and sensors that initiate skeletal muscle hypertrophy following resistance exercise

H Wackerhage, BJ Schoenfeld… - Journal of applied …, 2019 - journals.physiology.org
One of the most striking adaptations to exercise is the skeletal muscle hypertrophy that
occurs in response to resistance exercise. A large body of work shows that a mammalian …

Exercise-induced muscle damage: What is it, what causes it and what are the nutritional solutions?

DJ Owens, C Twist, JN Cobley… - European journal of …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Exercise-induced muscle damage (EIMD) is characterized by symptoms that present both
immediately and for up to 14 days after the initial exercise bout. The main consequence of …

Skeletal muscle as an endocrine organ: the role of myokines in exercise adaptations

C Hoffmann, C Weigert - Cold Spring …, 2017 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Exercise stimulates the release of proteins with autocrine, paracrine, or endocrine functions
produced in skeletal muscle, termed myokines. Based on the current state of knowledge, the …

Resistance training‐induced changes in integrated myofibrillar protein synthesis are related to hypertrophy only after attenuation of muscle damage

F Damas, SM Phillips, CA Libardi… - The Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Key points Skeletal muscle hypertrophy is one of the main outcomes from resistance training
(RT), but how it is modulated throughout training is still unknown. We show that changes in …

Sex differences in endurance running

T Besson, R Macchi, J Rossi, CYM Morio, Y Kunimasa… - Sports Medicine, 2022 - Springer
In recent years, there has been a significant expansion in female participation in endurance
(road and trail) running. The often reported sex differences in maximal oxygen uptake (V …

[HTML][HTML] Eccentric muscle contractions: risks and benefits

S Hody, JL Croisier, T Bury, B Rogister… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Eccentric contractions, characterized by the lengthening of the muscle-tendon complex,
present several unique features compared with other types of contractions, which may lead …

The development of skeletal muscle hypertrophy through resistance training: the role of muscle damage and muscle protein synthesis

F Damas, CA Libardi, C Ugrinowitsch - European journal of applied …, 2018 - Springer
Resistance training (RT)-induced skeletal muscle hypertrophy is a highly intricate process.
Despite substantial advances, we are far from understanding exactly how muscle …