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Abstract
The glucocorticoid dexamethasone dramatically altered growth patterns in four muscle types, inducing atrophy of smooth and fast-twitch skeletal muscle, suppressing protein accumulation in slow-twitch muscle and enhancing growth in the heart. These differing responses were explained by steroid-induced changes in RNA content, protein synthesis and protein breakdown.Entities:
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Year: 1982 PMID: 6186244 PMCID: PMC1153940 DOI: 10.1042/bj2080147
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochem J ISSN: 0264-6021 Impact factor: 3.857