Article title: Skeletal muscle-specific calpastatin overexpression mitigates muscle weakness in aging and extends life span Authors: Elizabeth A. Schroder, Lin Wang, Yuan Wen, Leigh Ann P. Callahan, Gerald S. Supinski From the authors: “These data suggest that diaphragm dysfunction in…
Tag: Age-related conditions
Using Old and Young Blood to Study Age-related Muscle Loss
An innovative model using human blood samples to study muscle protein growth may help advance scientists’ understanding of age-related muscle loss.
Mouse Study Explores Effect of Elastin Content on Age-related Vascular Remodeling
Article title: Elastin haploinsufficiency in mice has divergent effects on arterial remodeling with aging depending on sex Authors: Jie Z. Hawes, Austin Cocciolone, Amy H. Cui, Diana B. Griffin, Marius Catalin Staiculescu, Robert P. Mecham, Jessica E Wagenseil From the…