Controlling Inflammation Improves Aging Skeletal Muscle Health

Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2023 Apr 1;51(2):51-56. doi: 10.1249/JES.0000000000000313. Epub 2023 Feb 1.

Abstract

Chronic inflammation is associated with a decline in aging skeletal muscle health. Inflammation also seems to interfere with the beneficial skeletal muscle adaptations conferred by exercise training in older individuals. We hypothesize that the cyclooxygenase pathway is partially responsible for this negative inflammatory influence on aging skeletal muscle health and plasticity.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aging* / physiology
  • Exercise / physiology
  • Humans
  • Inflammation
  • Muscle, Skeletal* / physiology