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ReviewSingapore medical journal2023

Is the myonuclear domain ceiling hypothesis dead?

Ferdos Aman, Eman El Khatib, Alanood AlNeaimi, Ahmed Mohamed, Alya Sultan Almulla, Amna Zaidan, Jana Alshafei, Omar Habbal, Salma Eldesouki, Rizwan Qaisar

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Review in Singapore medical journal, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 47% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 5 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ferdos AmanDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Eman El KhatibDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Alanood AlNeaimiDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Ahmed MohamedDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Alya Sultan AlmullaDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Amna ZaidanDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Jana AlshafeiDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Omar HabbalDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Salma EldesoukiDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Rizwan QaisarDepartment of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
University of Sharjah · AE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Muscle fibres are multinuclear cells, and the cytoplasmic territory where a single myonucleus controls transcriptional activity is called the myonuclear domain (MND). MND size shows flexibility during muscle hypertrophy. The MND ceiling hypothesis states that hypertrophy results in the expansion of MND size to an upper limit or MND ceiling, beyond which additional myonuclei via activation of satellite cells are required to support further growth. However, the debate about the MND ceiling hypothesis is far from settled, and various studies show conflicting results about the existence or otherwise of MND ceiling in hypertrophy. The aim of this review is to summarise the literature about the MND ceiling in various settings of hypertrophy and discuss the possible factors contributing to a discrepancy in the literature. We conclude by describing the physiological and clinical significance of the MND ceiling limit in the muscle adaptation process in various physiological and pathological conditions.

Indexed as

Muscle Fibers, SkeletalMuscle, SkeletalHumansHypertrophyMuscle hypertrophymyonuclear domainsatellite cellsskeletal muscle

Identifiers

PMID34544215
PMCPMC10395806
OpenAlexW3199068633

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