Macrofinancing efficient remodeling of damaged muscle tissue

Venkatesh Krishnan; Benjamin C Yaden

doi:10.1016/j.cmet.2013.07.011

Macrofinancing efficient remodeling of damaged muscle tissue

Cell Metab. 2013 Aug 6;18(2):149-51. doi: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.07.011.

Authors

Venkatesh Krishnan¹, Benjamin C Yaden

Affiliation

¹ Bone-Muscle-Joint-Urology, Lilly Research Laboratories, Indianapolis, IN 46225, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 23931750
DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013.07.011

Abstract

In this issue of Cell Metabolism, Mounier et al. (2013) show that AMPKα1 is a crucial contributor to the regeneration of damaged muscle tissues, acting in macrophages at the nexus between proinflammatory debris removal and resolution of muscle tissue inflammation.

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MeSH terms

AMP-Activated Protein Kinases / metabolism*
Animals
Inflammation / immunology*
Macrophages / immunology*
Male
Muscle, Skeletal / metabolism*
Phagocytosis / immunology*

Substances

AMPK alpha1 subunit, mouse
AMP-Activated Protein Kinases