Muscle atrophy and proteolysis gene expression

1. Influenza infection increases muscle atrophy and proteolysis gene expression in mice.

   “Skeletal muscle expression of genes involved in inflammation, as well as muscle atrophy and proteolysis, increased during influenza infection”

   Animalselevated and prolonged peak in aged miceskeletal muscle

   Aging augments the impact of influenza respiratory tract infection on mobility impairments, muscle-localized inflammation, and muscle atrophy

   Aging·Feb 10, 2016

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