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Skeletal muscle growth defect in human growth hormone transgenic rat is accompanied by phenotypic changes in progenitor cells.
Age (Dordrecht, Netherlands) - 1 Jun 2010
Shibata Shingo, Ueno Chiori, Ito Tsuyoshi, Yamanouchi Keitaro, Matsuwaki Takashi, Nishihara Masugi
Abstract excerpt
Growth hormone (GH) is known to have a pivotal role in the maintenance of skeletal muscle mass. Sarcopenia, the loss of skeletal muscle mass, is a common phenomenon in aging, and it is widely accepted that sarcopenia is largely attributed to age-related decline in GH secretion. In the present study, we tested if human growth hormone transgenic rats (GH-TG rats) whose plasma GH levels are maintained relatively low...
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