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ReviewCurrent opinion in pharmacology2008

Skeletal myocyte plasticity: basis for improved therapeutic potential?

Karlheinz Hilber

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Review in Current opinion in pharmacology, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Small molecule cardiogenol C upregulates cardiac markers and induces cardiac functional properties in lineage-committed progenitor cells.Cellular physiology and biochemistry : international journal of experimental cellular physiology, biochemistry, and pharmacology · 2014
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  3. Oxygen desaturation in healthy subjects undergoing the incremental shuttle walk test.Jornal brasileiro de pneumologia : publicacao oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisilogia
    Article
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Karlheinz HilberCenter of Biomolecular Medicine and Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Medical University of Vienna, Waehringerstrasse 13A, 1090 Vienna, Austria. karlheinz.hilber@meduniwien.ac.at

Funding

Austrian Science Fund FWF P 19352
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle tissue exhibits a remarkable capacity to regenerate after injury and to adapt its properties in response to altered functional demands or environmental pressure. This potential renders skeletal myocytes especially attractive candidates to be used in therapeutic strategies. Besides the well-described adaptability of skeletal myocytes in terms of contractile function and metabolic profile, more recent research has revealed that the electrophysiological properties of myocytes are also subject to significant changes both under physiological conditions and in pathophysiological situations. A better understanding of skeletal myocyte plasticity, its regulation and its forced induction could improve existing therapeutic approaches and may pave the way for new therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

Adaptation, PhysiologicalAnimalsCalcium ChannelsChloride ChannelsHumansMuscle Fibers, SkeletalMyoblastsRegenerationSodium ChannelsCalcium ChannelsChloride ChannelsSodium Channels

Identifiers

PMID18329336
PMCPMC2957812

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