Muscle Diversity, Heterogeneity, and Gradients: Learning from Sarcoglycanopathies.

Abstract excerpt

Skeletal muscle, the most abundant tissue in the body, is heterogeneous. This heterogeneity forms the basis of muscle diversity, which is reflected in the specialized functions of muscles in different parts of the body. However, these different parts are not always clearly delimitated, and this often gives rise to gradients within the same muscle and even across the body. During the last decade, several studies...

Topics

• Animals
• Humans
• Mutation
• Sarcoglycanopathies
• Sarcoglycans