Muscle Atrophy Halted Without TWEAK (IMAGE)

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Muscle Atrophy Halted Without TWEAK

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Muscle fibers grow smaller after denervation (left), but are protected when TWEAK activity is inhibited by a neutralizing antibody (right).

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Mittal, A., et al. 2010. <i>J. Cell Biol.</i> doi:10.1083/jcb.200909117.

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