Abnormally high blood sugar (glucose) levels can result in Type 2 diabetes when things go awry with the body's skeletal muscle, which plays a key role in regulating glucose. Scientists are using in ...

The coactivator peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma coactivator 1 α (PGC-1α) coordinates a broad set of transcriptional programs that regulate the response of skeletal muscle to exercise.

Almost all cells regulate their biological processes over a 24-hour period, otherwise called a cell's circadian rhythm. To do so, cells use a biological clock that cycles different genes on and off ...

Two related studies published today in Nature Metabolism show that a specialized intracellular recycling ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Decreases in skeletal muscle mass are associated with cognitive decline in type 2 diabetes, particularly among ...

If your fitness goal is to up the ante on endurance, pack more power into your sprint, or supercharge your strength gains in the gym, it’s worth exploring – what are the different muscle fiber types?

Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that the protein Musashi-2 (Msi2) plays a key role in the regulation of mass and metabolic processes in skeletal muscle. They ...

In the majority of the 49 patients with a type of spinal muscular atrophy called spinal muscular atrophy Jokela, creatine kinase was elevated, particularly in males. A study leveraging skeletal muscle ...

A first-of-its-kind oral drug boosts muscle metabolism to improve blood sugar and body composition is now headed into larger ...

It's well known that exercise is good for health and helps to prevent serious diseases, like cancer and heart disease, along ...