InTeOp, 2012. - 379 pages
ISBN: 9535107125 9789535107125
This 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.
ContentsPreface
Myogenesis and Muscle Regeneration
Molecular 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 Myostatin
Molecular Biology
Role of Heat Shock Proteins in Skeletal Muscle
Mechanical Response
Evidence for the Essential Role of Myosin Head Lever Arm Domain and Myosin Subfragment-2 in Muscle Contraction
Neuromuscular Junction
Non-Cholinergic Signaling Pathways at Vertebrate Neuromuscular Junctions
Use and Disuse
Prevention 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 Aging
Clinical Relations
Clinical 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?