Bed rest increases the amount of mismatched fibers in human skeletal muscle.

doi:10.1152/jappl.1999.86.2.455

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Bed rest increases the amount of mismatched fibers in human skeletal muscle.

Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 1 Feb 1999

Andersen J L, Gruschy-Knudsen T, Sandri C, Larsson L, Schiaffino S

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The effects of a 37-day period of bed rest on myosin heavy chain (MHC) expression on both mRNA and protein level in human skeletal muscle fibers were studied. Muscle biopsies from vastus lateralis muscle were obtained from seven healthy young male subjects before and after the bed-rest period. Co...

Topics

Adenosine Triphosphatases
Adult
Bed Rest
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
In Situ Hybridization
Male
Muscle Fibers, Skeletal
Muscle, Skeletal
Myosin Heavy Chains
Myosins
Phenotype
RNA, Messenger
Time Factors

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