Role of Masseter Muscle β2-Adrenergic Signaling in Regulation of Muscle Activity, Myosin Heavy Chain Transition, and Hypertrophy

• Main Authors: Yoshiki Ohnuki (Author), Daisuke Umeki (Author), Wenqian Cai (Author), Nobuhiko Kawai (Author), Yasumasa Mototani (Author), Kouichi Shiozawa (Author), Hui-Ling Jin (Author), Takayuki Fujita (Author), Eiji Tanaka (Author), Yasutake Saeki (Author), Satoshi Okumura (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chronic administration of clenbuterol (CB), a lipophilic β2-adrenoceptor (β2-AR) agonist, induces skeletal muscle hypertrophy and slow-to-fast fiber-type transitions in mammalian species, but the mechanism and pathophysiological roles of these changes have not been explored. Here, we examined the ef...