Thyroid Hormones Play Role in Sarcopenia and Myopathies

Skeletal muscle maintains posture and enables movement by converting chemical energy into mechanical energy, further contributing to basal energy metabolism. Thyroid hormones (thyroxine, or T4, and triiodothyronine, or T3) participate in contractile function, metabolic processes, myogenesis and rege...

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Main Authors: Flavia F. Bloise, Thamires S. Oliveira, Aline Cordeiro, Tania M. Ortiga-Carvalho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Physiology
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fphys.2018.00560/full