Diabetic muscular atrophy: molecular mechanisms and promising therapies

Y Shen, M Li, K Wang, G Qi, H Liu, W Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a typical chronic disease that can be divided into 2 types,
dependent on insulin deficiency or insulin resistance. Incidences of diabetic complications …

Age is just a number: progress and obstacles in the discovery of new candidate drugs for sarcopenia

HJ Kim, DW Jung, DR Williams - Cells, 2023 - mdpi.com
Sarcopenia is a disease characterized by the progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass and
function that occurs with aging. The progression of sarcopenia is correlated with the onset of …

[HTML][HTML] Bio-printing of aligned GelMa-based cell-laden structure for muscle tissue regeneration

H Hwangbo, H Lee, EJ Jin, JY Lee, Y Jo, D Ryu… - Bioactive materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Volumetric muscle loss (VML) is associated with a severe loss of muscle tissue that
overwhelms the regenerative potential of skeletal muscles. Tissue engineering has shown …

Integration of transcriptomics and non-targeted metabolomics reveals the underlying mechanism of skeletal muscle development in duck during embryonic stage

Z Hu, X Liu - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Skeletal muscle is an important economic trait in duck breeding; however, little is known
about the molecular mechanisms of its embryonic development. Here, the transcriptomes …

Protein arginine methyltransferase 1 ablation in motor neurons causes mitochondrial dysfunction leading to age-related motor neuron degeneration with muscle loss

HK So, H Kim, J Lee, CL You, CE Yun, HJ Jeong… - Research, 2023 - spj.science.org
Neuromuscular dysfunction is tightly associated with muscle wasting that occurs with age or
due to degenerative diseases. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying …

Drug screening and drug repositioning as promising therapeutic approaches for spinal muscular atrophy treatment

G Menduti, DM Rasà, S Stanga, M Boido - Frontiers in pharmacology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is the most common genetic disease affecting infants and
young adults. Due to mutation/deletion of the survival motor neuron (SMN) gene, SMA is …

Electrochemical Synthesis of Phthalimidine‐d2 with Heavy Water as Deuterium Source

A Qiu, J Li, X Zhang, P Ran, W Ding… - Advanced Synthesis …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Phthalimidine finds wide pharmaceutical applications and its deuterated derivative is
supposed to exhibit enhanced stability towards metabolism. In this work, an …

Inducible Prmt1 ablation in adult vascular smooth muscle leads to contractile dysfunction and aortic dissection

JH Pyun, BY Ahn, TA Vuong, SW Kim, Y Jo… - … & Molecular Medicine, 2021 - nature.com
Vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) have remarkable plasticity in response to diverse
environmental cues. Although these cells are versatile, chronic stress can trigger VSMC …

Plasma metabolomics and machine learning-driven novel diagnostic signature for non-alcoholic steatohepatitis

M Ji, Y Jo, SJ Choi, SM Kim, KK Kim, BC Oh, D Ryu… - Biomedicines, 2022 - mdpi.com
We performed targeted metabolomics with machine learning (ML)-based interpretation to
identify metabolites that distinguish the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease …

Development of a traditional Chinese medicine‐based agent for the treatment of cancer cachexia

KC Wu, PC Chu, YJ Cheng, CI Li, J Tian… - Journal of Cachexia …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Despite recent advances in understanding the pathophysiology of cancer
cachexia, prevention/treatment of this debilitating disease remains an unmet medical need …