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Evaluation of Injury-induced Senescence and In Vivo Reprogramming in the Skeletal Muscle
Published on: October 26, 2017
[Physiological basis of alcohol-induced skeletal muscle injury]
Abstract:
Alcohol-induced muscle damage (AIMD) - an umbrella term that includes all forms of alcoholic myopathy developing in acute or chronic alcohol intoxication. The most common form of destruction of skeletal muscle in alcoholism is a chronic alcoholic myopathy, which develops independently of other manifestations of alcoholism, such as polyneuropathy, malabsorption syndrome, liver damage, but can be combined with them. The basis of the destruction of skeletal muscle in chronic AIPM is atrophy of muscle fibers. Mainly affects muscle fiber type II with less destruction of type ! fibers. Currently, the pathogenesis of chronic alcoholic myopathy is studied. The imbalance of protein synthesis and proteolysisand increased apoptosis rate are discussed.
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