Balancing muscle hypertrophy and atrophy

Eric P. Hoffman; Gustavo A. Nader

doi:10.1038/nm0604-584

Balancing muscle hypertrophy and atrophy

Eric P. Hoffman, Gustavo A. Nader

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Abstract

The body carefully balances muscle atrophy and muscle hypertrophy in response to stimuli such as starvation or immobilization. Three new studies point to Akt1 phosphorylation of the transcription factor Foxo as a central regulator of this balance.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	584-585
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature Medicine
Volume	10
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/nm0604-584
State	Published - Jun 2004

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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all)

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