In young and old rats, resistance exercise increased muscle mechano-growth factor mRNA.
In plain wordsIn rats, resistance exercise raised the body's own mechano-growth factor levels in muscle.
- Peptide
- MGF / PEG-MGF
- Outcome
- IncreaseMGF mRNA after resistance exercise
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
6- and 30-month-old rats, resistance exercise- Outcome group
- Aging markers · Aging and longevity
Source sentences
RE induced increases in the mRNAs for IGF-I, mechano-growth factor, cyclin D1, and suppressor of cytokine signaling 3 were similar in old and young muscles.
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Comparing 6- and 30-mo-old rats, the aims were to 1) determine whether these markers are altered with age and 2) identify age-sensitive responses to acute RE.
This result measures the body's own MGF / PEG-MGF. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.