Prince RL, Kuk JL, Ambler KA, Dhaliwal J, Ball GD. Predictors of metabolically healthy obesity in children. Diabetes Care. 2014 May;37(5):1462-8. Why do some obese youth remain healthy while others develop disease? Despite the abundance of evidence demonstrating the negative consequences of excess weight, there are some individuals who do not have the common health […]
A recent publication in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (Sénéchal et al., 2014) has highlighted the correlation between muscle strength and the onset of metabolic syndrome, where low muscle strength has been associated with having metabolic syndrome. Please click here for a full summary and link to the article
Thomas MM, Wang DC, D'Souza DM, Krause MP, Layne AS, Criswell DS, O'Neill HM, Connor MK, Anderson JE, Kemp BE, Steinberg GR, Hawke TJ. Muscle-specific AMPK β1β2-null mice display a myopathy due to loss of capillary density in nonpostural muscles. FASEB J, 2014 May;28(5):2098-107. While it has been previously shown that nNOSμ is involved in matching blood […]
Beaudry JL, Dunford EC, Teich T, Zaharieva D, Hunt H, Belanoff JK, Riddell MC. Effects of selective and non-selective glucocorticoid receptor II antagonists on rapid-onset diabetes in young rats. PLoS One, 2014 Mar 18;9(3):e91248 Our natural stress response system stimulates the release and circulation of glucocorticoids (GCs) that in the short-term act on the tissues […]
Uchida C, Haas TL. Endothelial cell TIMP-1 is upregulated by shear stress via Sp-1 and the TGFb signaling pathways. Biochem Cell Biol. 92(1):77-83, 2014. Endothelial cells, which form the inner lining of all blood vessels, are constantly exposed to the frictional force of flowing blood, which is known as shear stress. This force, which is […]
(most recent first) PAPER OF THE MONTH - JUNE 2014 View the MHAD5 Photo Gallery MHRC student, Jacqueline Beaudry, wins PhD dissertation award MHRC researcher Dr. Kuk finds we overestimate how hard we exercise, as reported in the New York Times 5th Annual Muscle Health Awareness Day MHRC Seminar Series - Dr. Dale Abel - […]