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Influence of thyroid status on the differentiation of slow and fast muscle phenotypes.
Physiological research - 1 Jan 2004
Vadászová A, Zacharová G, Machácová K, Jirmanová I, Soukup T
Abstract excerpt
Muscle phenotype is determined by combined effects of intrinsic genetic and extrinsic factors like innervation, hormonal levels and mechanical factors or muscle activity. We have been studying the effect of altered thyroid hormone levels on the expression of myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoforms in control and regenerating soleus and extensor digitorum longus muscles of euthyroid, hypothyroid or hyperthyroid female...
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