These 26 food choices might help gain muscle mass and improve muscle strength. After injury or illness, inflammation sends signals to the body to tear down and then rebuild the damaged groups of ...

Oestrogen may affect muscle damage and inflammation, but the physiological significance of this, particularly potential effects on muscle repair and recovery in humans, and the mechanisms of its ...

Background Muscle wasting and weakness (sarcopenia) are commonly associated with COPD causing frailty and reduced quality of ...

Adipose tissue wasting often precedes skeletal muscle atrophy in cancer ... along with an increase in lipid catabolism. However, adipose fibrosis and inflammatory cytokine levels were increased ...

muscle catabolism, and inhibition of peripheral glucose uptake in muscle and adipose tissue (Gans & Smith, 1999; Greenspan & Stewler, 1997). The exact mechanism of action of corticosteroids ...