The review explains why the myotoxic phospholipases A2 and cardiotoxins are such
important tools in the study of the regeneration and maturation of mammalian skeletal …

Mobilization of endoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ is pivotal to the ability of a cell to send or
respond to stimuli. Ca2+–Mg2+-ATPases, termed SERCA pumps, sequester Ca2+ into the …

Myostatin and hypoxia signalling pathways are able to induce skeletal muscle atrophy, but
whether a relationship between these two pathways exists is currently unknown. Here, we …

Stimulatory concentrations of glucose induce two patterns of cytosolic Ca2+ concentration
([Ca2+] c) oscillations in mouse islets: simple or mixed. In the mixed pattern, rapid …

Skeletal muscles exhibit great plasticity and an ability to reconstruct in response to injury.
However, the repair process is often inefficient and hindered by the development of fibrosis …

Sarcolipin (SLN) is an inhibitor of sarco (endo) plasmic reticulum Ca 2+-ATPases (SERCAs)
in vitro, but its function in vivo has not been defined. NF-SLN cDNA (SLN tagged N …

Abstract Changes in the expression of adhesion proteins involved in myoblast differentiation
were investigated in monolayer (two‐dimensional) and 3D (three‐dimensional) cell cultures …

The transcellular Ca2+ fluxes required for milk production must be rigorously regulated to
maintain the low cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations critical to cell function. Ca2+-ATPases play a …

Myostatin is an important negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth, while androgens are
strong positive effectors. In order to investigate the possible interaction between myostatin …

Three isoforms of the sarcoplasmic/endoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ ATPase (SERCA) are
known to exist in mammalian cells. This study investigated the effects of thapsigargin and a …