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Genes and exercise intolerance: insights from McArdle disease.
Physiological genomics - 1 Feb 2016
Nogales-Gadea Gisela, Godfrey Richard, Santalla Alfredo, Coll-Cantí Jaume, Pintos-Morell Guillem, Pinós Tomàs, Arenas Joaquín, Martín Miguel Angel, Lucia Alejandro
Abstract excerpt
McArdle disease (glycogen storage disease type V) is caused by inherited deficiency of a key enzyme in muscle metabolism, the skeletal muscle-specific isoform of glycogen phosphorylase, "myophosphorylase," which is encoded by the PYGM gene. Here we review the main pathophysiological, genotypic, and phenotypic features of McArdle disease and their interactions. To date, moderate-intensity exercise (together with...
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