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  • Contractile function and calpain activity in mouse skeletal muscle during hypoxia

    Creator:
    Hu, Hui
    Abstract:
    Calcium activated proteases, or calpains, are activated in cardiac muscles under conditions of ischemia/reperfusion and hypoxia. Their activity in skeletal muscle under similar conditions is poorly understood. We tested the hypothesis that hypoxia elevates calpain-mediated proteolysis in isolated glycolytic (extensor digitorum longus, EDL) and oxidative (soleus, SOL) mouse muscles studied...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    vessels. Physiol (Lond) 3:48-75 Goll DE, Thompson VF, Li H, Wei W, and Cong J (2003). The calpain

  • Effect of the calpain inhibitor E-64-d on the degradation of α-fodrin in damaged muscle

    Creator:
    Boyd, Jeffrey
    Abstract:
    We hypothesized that calpain activity is elevated in response to muscle damage. To test this hypothesis, we examined the degradation of α-fodrin into its 150 and 145 kDa fragments following either 20 eccentric or isometric contractions. In addition, experiments were performed in the presence or absence of E-64-d, a calpain...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis

  • Cytoskeletal regulation in cell motility and invasion

    Creator:
    Jang, Hyo Sang
    Abstract:
    Cell motility and invasion are important for development, immunity, wound healing, and tumor cell metastasis. Cells on two dimensional substrates migrate in three steps: protrusion of the front end, translocation of the cell body, and retraction of the rear end. For cells to migrate efficiently, these steps need to be...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation