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Vitamin C deficiency causes muscle atrophy and a deterioration in physical performance
L-Ascorbic acid (AsA) is a water-soluble antioxidant. We examined the effect of AsA deficiency on skeletal muscle using senescence marker protein-30 (SMP30)-knockout (KO) mice that are defective in AsA biosynthesis, which makes this mouse model similar to humans, to clarify the function of AsA in sk...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group UK
2019
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6426981/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30894591 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-41229-7 |