Muscle

Description

A body tissue consisting of long cells that contract when stimulated and produce motion [Source: Brenda].

Structure

Changes associated with this tissue

Due to the potentially large amount of high-throughput molecular changes these have been excluded below. You can view the full list of 496 changes through the filter results page.

Physiological (15) View on results page

Advanced glycation end products increases in aging human skeletal muscle Decline in respiratory muscle fibers Grip strength decreases Interleukin-15 levels decrease in plasma and muscle Loss of muscle torque Loss of peripheral motor neurons Muscle atrophy (sarcopenia) Muscle characteristics change with aging Muscle fiber energy metabolism declines Muscle mass and strength loss Mutations in mitochondrial DNA accumulate Reduced type II muscle fiber Respiratory muscle strength declines Telomere shortening Weaker digestive tract muscle contractions

Molecular (2; 479 in total) View on results page

Changes from high-throughput approaches are excluded but can be viewed on the results page.

MicroRNA let-7b expression upregulated MicroRNA let-7e expression upregulated