Hemifacial Myohyperplasia Is Due to Somatic Muscular PIK3CA Gain-of-Function Mutations and Responds to Pharmacological Inhibition
To understand the physiopathology of muscle hypertrophy in this context, scientists created a mouse model carrying specifically a PIK3CA mutation in skeletal muscles.
[Cell Metabolism] Using exercise and sarcopenia models, mice lacking IL6Rα on T cells demonstrated deficits in regulatory T cells, their functional maturation, and a more pronounced decline in muscle mass.
[Communications Biology] Based on the up-regulation of catabolism and down-regulation of anabolism, researchers showed genetic mutation-mediated metabolic reprogramming in the progression of cancer cachexia by screening for metabolites and investigating their direct effect on muscle atrophy.
[Acta Pharmacologica Sinica] Researchers investigated the effect of myeloid-derived growth factor to postinjury neointimal formation and the underlying mechanisms. Rat carotid arteries balloon-injured model was established.