particularly in skeletal muscle. This condition is associated with a range of myopathies, which are diseases that affect muscle function. Recent research has focused on understanding the ...

Researchers at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have identified a subgroup of patients with necrotizing myopathy who have a novel autoantibody specificity that makes them potential ...

Modern molecular biology tools have provided us unprecedented access to the vast and intricate networks regulating muscle growth and function; grabbing this opportunity to integrate the ...

Skeletal muscle is a subtype of muscle formed of bundles of elongated, cylindrical, multinucleate muscle fibres arranged in a striated pattern. Skeletal muscle is attached to the skeleton by ...

Voluntary muscles, also known as skeletal muscles, are muscles that can be consciously controlled, such as the muscles of your limbs, head, neck, and body. They are attached to bones and respond to ...

However, approximately 40% of our total body weight is comprised of skeletal muscle, which includes the muscles in the face, neck and respiratory system that help us with breathing, chewing and ...

Effect of Simvastatin on Irisin Expression in Human Skeletal Muscle Cells Simvastatin-treated skeletal muscle cells have higher levels of irisin. Statin treatment leads to increased oxidative ...

Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, St Louis, Missouri, USA Correspondence to: Dr A Pestronk, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Neurology, Box 8111 ...

The drugmaker sees additional growth opportunities in ophthalmology and neuromuscular disorders, Chief Medical Officer ...

non-invasive technique to visualise normal and pathological skeletal muscle tissue. 1 Electromyography (EMG) findings are not always disease specific in patients suspected of idopathic inflammatory ...

More information: Cecilia Leijding et al, Serum from patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy induces skeletal muscle weakness, Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (2024). DOI: 10.1136/ard-2024 ...