Skeletal muscle retains a 'molecular memory' of repeated disuse, study finds

Muscle loss (atrophy) due to inactivity is common after illness, injury, hospitalization or falls, and becomes increasingly ...
Nature

The skeletal muscle arachidonic acid cascade in health and inflammatory disease

Skeletal muscles produce prostaglandins and leukotrienes that control multiple steps of myogenesis, and are critical for skeletal muscle development, growth and repair Prostaglandins and leukotrienes ...
News Medical

Study identifies specific genetic variants that affect the skeletal form and ties a major evolutionary facet of human anatomical change to pathogenesis

How is skeletal evolution studied? Morphological alterations that contribute to human skeletal structure have been extensively studied in paleoanthropology. Aside from standing height, it has been ...
New Atlas

Newly discovered bone cell offers a fresh target for skeletal diseases

As part of our natural bone development, special cells on the surface break down old bone tissue and then build it back up again. When changes occur to this cycle and throw things off balance, ...
Frontiers

Glucose–Lipid Metabolic Dysfunction and Skeletal Fragility: Bone Quality, Repair Biology, and Targeted Endocrine/Metabolic Interventions

Glucose–lipid metabolic dysfunction, increasingly prevalent with the worldwide rise in obesity, type 2 diabetes, and aging, has emerged as a critical factor ...