In young and old people recovering from short-term immobilisation, no age-related difference was observed in MGF expression.
In plain wordsIn young and old people, the body's own MGF gene activity did not differ by age during muscle recovery.
- Peptide
- MGF / PEG-MGF
- Outcome
- No significant changeMGF expression with age during reloading after disuse
- Study
n: not reported in source
- Outcome group
- Aging markers · Musculoskeletal
Source sentences
despite no age-related differences were observed in factors known to promote skeletal muscle hypertrophy and myogenic stem cell proliferation (IGF-Ea, MGF, MyoD, myogenin, HGF).
1 context sentence(design, population, supporting numbers)
Effects of chronic disuse were investigated in elderly patients suffering from uni-lateral hip-osteoarthritis, whereas the effect of short-term disuse (4 and 14 days of unilateral lower limb immobilisation) was assessed in healthy young and old individuals.
This result measures the body's own MGF / PEG-MGF. Nobody was given the peptide. It is not evidence about taking it.