CAMKII

Gene

2 papers2 findings

Taxon

  • 1 lab in 1 country
  • Funders: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and 3 more
  • Animals1
  • Model organisms1

Effects

2

Muscle mass

downin mice1

1 study
  1. CAMKII decreases muscle mass in mice.

    “recapitulates features of aging muscles, including impaired contractility, progressive atrophy, mitochondrial disorganization, formation of tubular aggregates”

    Animalsconstitutively active CaMKII constructskeletal muscle

    Chronic activation of a key exercise signal transducer, CaMKII, drives skeletal muscle aging and sarcopenia

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2 Aug 2025Preprint

Contractility

downin mice1

1 study
  1. CAMKII impairs contractility in mice.

    “Muscle-specific expression of a constitutively active CaMKII construct in young mice recapitulates features of aging muscles, including impaired contractility”

    Animalsconstitutively active CaMKII constructskeletal muscle

    Chronic activation of a key exercise signal transducer, CaMKII, drives skeletal muscle aging and sarcopenia

    bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2 Aug 2025Preprint

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