Redox Regulation in Skeletal Muscle Aging and Exercise

• Main Author: Brian McDonagh (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Physiology; Mitochondria; Sternohyoid muscle; uremic myopathy; sphingomyelinase; Muscle Fatigue; sirt3; Calveolin-3; NADPH Oxidase
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Skeletal muscle represents the largest organ of the human body and comprises about 40% of total body mass in humans. Even in people who 'age well', there is a noticeable loss of muscle strength and function that accelerates dramatically after the age of 60, a major factor in the reduction...