References
- Acharyya S, Ladner KJ, Nelsen LL, et al. Cancer cachexia is regulated by selective targeting of skeletal muscle gene products. J Clin Invest 2004; 114: 370–378
- Eley HL, Tisdale Mi. Skeletal muscle atrophy, a link between depression of protein synthesis and increase in degradation. J Biol Chem 2007; 282: 7087–7097
- Emery PW, Edwards RTH, Rennie MJ, et al. Protein synthesis inmuscle measured in vivo in cachetic patients with cancer. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) 1984; 289: 584–586
- Coletti D, Belli L, Adamo S. Cachexia: Novel perspectives for anold syndrome. Basic Appl Myol 2006; 16: 131–139
- Mehl KA, Davis JM, Berger FG, et al. Myofiber degeneration/ regeneration is induced in cachetic Apcmhil± mouse. J Appl Physiol 2005; 99: 2379–2387
- Raccanelli V, Prete M, Minoia C, et al. Rheumatic disorders as paraneoplastic syndromes. Autoimmunity Rev 2008; 7: 352–358
- Andras C, Csiki Z, Ponyi A, et al. Paraneoplastic rheumatic syndromes. Rheumatol Int 2006; 26: 376–382
- Kern H, Boncompagni S, Rossini K, et al. Long-term denervation in humans causes degeneration and both contractile and excita-tion—contraction coupling apparatus, which is reversible by functional electrical stimulation (FES): A role of myofibers regeneration? J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2004; 63: 919–931
- Rossini K, Zanin ME, Podhorska-Okolow M, et al. To stage and quantify regenerative myogenesis in human long-term permanent denervated muscle. Basic Appl Myol 2002; 12: 277–286
- Carraro U, Morale D, Mussini I, et al. Chronic denervation of rat hemidiaphragm: Maintenance of fiber heterogeneity with asso-ciated increasing uniformity of myosin isoforms. J Cell Biol 1985; 100: 161–74
- Doria A, Zampieri S, Sarzi-Puttini P. Exploring the complex relationships between infections and autoimmunity. Autoimmun Rev 2008; 8: 89–91
- Doria A, Sarzi-Puttini P, Shoenfeld Y. Infections, rheumatism and autoimmunity: The conflicting relationship between humans and their environment. Autoimmun Rev 2008; 8: 1–4
- Briani C, Doria A, Ruggero S, et al. Antibodies to muscle and ganglionic acetylcholine receptors (AchR) in celiac disease. Autoimmunity 2008; 41: 100–104
- Briani C, Doria A, Sarzi-Puttini P, et al. Update on idiopathic inflammatory myopathies. Autoimmunity 2006; 39: 161–170
- Zampieri S, Ghirardello A, Iaccarino L, et al. Polymyositis—dermatomyositis and infections. Autoimmunity 2006; 39: 191–196
- Ghirardello A, Zampieri S, Tarricone E, et al. Clinical implications of autoantibody screening in patients with autoimmune myositis. Autoimmunity 2006; 39: 217–221
- Pierson CR, Tomczak K, Agrawal P, et al. X-linked myotubular and centronuclear myopathies. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2005; 64: 555–564
- Hazzard WR. Hazzard's Principles of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2009: pp. XVIII–1634
- Faulkner JA, Larkin LM, Claflin DR, et al. Age-related changes in the structure and function of skeletal muscles. Clin Exp Pharmacol Physiol 2007; 34: 1091–1096
- Kern H, Kovarik J, Franz C, et al. Effects of eight weeks of vibration training at different frequencies (1 or 15 Hz) in senior sportsmen on force and force development and of one year of training on muscle fibers. Neurol Res 2010; to be published
- Mussini I, Favaro G, Carraro U. Maturation, dystrophic changes and the continuous production of fibers in skeletal muscle regenerating in the absence of nerve. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1987; 46: 315–331
- Cantini M, Carraro U. Macrophage-released factor stimulates selectively myogenic cells in primary muscle culture. J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 1995; 54: 121–128
- Sandri M, Carraro U. Apoptosis of skeletal muscles during development and disease. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 1999; 31: 1373–1390