Potential therapeutic strategies for skeletal muscle atrophy

L Huang, M Li, C Deng, J Qiu, K Wang, M Chang… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The maintenance of muscle homeostasis is vital for life and health. Skeletal muscle atrophy
not only seriously reduces people's quality of life and increases morbidity and mortality, but …

Post‐translational regulation of muscle growth, muscle aging and sarcopenia

Q Zhong, K Zheng, W Li, K An, Y Liu… - Journal of Cachexia …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Skeletal muscle makes up 30–40% of the total body mass. It is of great significance
in maintaining digestion, inhaling and exhaling, sustaining body posture, exercising …

Delivery of MiR335‐5p‐Pendant Tetrahedron DNA Nanostructures Using an Injectable Heparin Lithium Hydrogel for Challenging Bone Defects in Steroid‐Associated …

D Li, Z Yang, Y Luo, X Zhao, M Tian… - Advanced Healthcare …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Corticosteroids‐induced Dickkopf‐1 (DKK1) upregulation and Wnt signaling
inhibition result in bone metabolism disorder and steroid‐associated osteonecrosis (SAON) …

Pathological mechanisms linking diabetes mellitus and Alzheimer's disease: The receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE)

Y Kong, F Wang, J Wang, C Liu, Y Zhou… - Frontiers in aging …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Diabetes and Alzheimer's disease (AD) place a significant burden on health care systems in
the world and its aging populations. These diseases have long been regarded as separate …

[HTML][HTML] Beyond its psychiatric use: the benefits of low-dose lithium supplementation

SI Hamstra, BD Roy, P Tiidus, AJ MacNeil… - Current …, 2023 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Lithium is most well-known for its mood-stabilizing effects in the treatment of bipolar
disorder. Due to its narrow therapeutic window (0.5-1.2 mM serum concentration), there is a …

GSK3 inhibition improves skeletal muscle function and whole-body metabolism in male mouse models of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

BM Marcella, BL Hockey, JL Braun, KC Whitley… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Inhibiting glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK3) improves muscle function, metabolism, and
bone health in many diseases and conditions; however, whether GSK3 should be targeted …

GSK3 inhibition with low dose lithium supplementation augments murine muscle fatigue resistance and specific force production

KC Whitley, SI Hamstra, RW Baranowski… - Physiological …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Calcineurin is a Ca2+‐dependent serine/threonine phosphatase that dephosphorylates
nuclear factor of activated T cells (NFAT), allowing for NFAT entry into the nucleus. In …

The neuroprotective and neuroplastic potential of glutamatergic therapeutic drugs in bipolar disorder

R Guglielmo, G Hasler - Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
The monoamine hypothesis has dominated research on the pathophysiology of mood
disorders as well as the development of therapeutic drugs by over half a century. Nowadays …

The role of phospholamban and GSK3 in regulating rodent cardiac SERCA function

SI Hamstra, KC Whitley… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2020 - journals.physiology.org
Cardiac contractile function is largely mediated by the regulation of Ca2+ cycling throughout
the lifespan. The sarco (endo) plasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase (SERCA) pump is paramount …

Low-dose lithium supplementation promotes adipose tissue browning and sarco (endo) plasmic reticulum Ca2+ ATPase uncoupling in muscle

MS Geromella, CR Ryan, JL Braun, MS Finch… - Journal of Biological …, 2022 - ASBMB
Sarco (endo) plasmic reticulum Ca 2+-ATPase (SERCA) uncoupling in skeletal muscle and
mitochondrial uncoupling via uncoupling protein 1 (UCP1) in brown/beige adipose tissue …