Ebook: Skeletal Muscle: From Myogenesis to Clinical Relations

InTeOp, 2012. - 379 pages
ISBN: 9535107125 9789535107125This book is divided into three sections: Industrial applications, Medical applications and Scientific experiments. The chapters are written by experts from around the world. Faculty members and graduate students could also benefit from the book.ContentsPrefaceMyogenesis and Muscle RegenerationMolecular and Cellular Mechanism of Muscle Regeneration
The Myogenic Regulatory Factors: Critical Determinants of Muscle Identity in Development, Growth and Regeneration
Retinoid X Receptor Signalling in the Specification of Skeletal Muscle Lineage
Role and Function ofWnts in the Regulation of Myogenesis: When Wnt Meets MyostatinMolecular BiologyRole of Heat Shock Proteins in Skeletal MuscleMechanical ResponseEvidence for the Essential Role of Myosin Head Lever Arm Domain and Myosin Subfragment-2 in Muscle ContractionNeuromuscular JunctionNon-Cholinergic Signaling Pathways at Vertebrate Neuromuscular JunctionsUse and DisusePrevention of Skeletal Muscle Wasting: Disuse Atrophy and Sarcopenia
Signaling Pathways that Mediate Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy: Effects of Exercise Training
Mitochondrial Biogenesis in Skeletal Muscle: Exercise and AgingClinical RelationsClinical Aspects of Skeletal Muscle Modulators in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Skeletal Muscle Mitochondrial Function/Dysfunction and Type 2 Diabetes
Nuclear-Mitochondrial Intergenomic Communication Disorders
Myofibrillar Myopathies and the Z-Disk Associated Proteins
Muscle Fibre Phenotyping from a Single Section: Is It as Informative as from Serial Sections?