A University of Houston researcher believes that muscle wasting may actually be caused by the relationship between a small pro-inflammatory protein, or cytokine, called TWEAK and its receptor, the ...

If BNIP3 levels are low at advanced ages, more damaged mitochondria accumulate and this triggers inflammatory processes, which in turn cause muscle atrophy," explains Dr. David Sebastián ...

Researchers noted significantly lower atrophy readings in the gluteus medius, gluteus minimus, iliacus, obturator externus, pectineus, psoas, quadratus femoris and sartorius muscle groups with the ...