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Oxytocin is an age-specific circulating hormone that is necessary for muscle maintenance and regeneration

The regenerative capacity of skeletal muscle declines with age. Previous studies suggest that this process can be reversed by exposure to young circulation, but systemic age-specific factors responsible for this phenomenon are largely unknown. Here we report that oxytocin- a hormone best known for i...

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Autores principales: Elabd, Christian, Cousin, Wendy, Upadhyayula, Pavan, Chen, Robert Y., Chooljian, Marc S., Li, Ju, Kung, Sunny, Jiang, Kevin P., Conboy, Irina M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4512838/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24915299
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms5082