TNF‐α acts via p38 MAPK to stimulate expression of the ubiquitin ligase atrogin1/MAFbx in skeletal muscle

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Abstract
Atrogin1/MAFbx is an ubiquitin ligase that mediates muscle atrophy in a variety of catabolic states. We recently found that H2O2 stimulates atrogin1/MAFbx gene expression. Since the cytokine tumor ne...
Funding Information
  • National Institutes of Health (AR049022, HL59878, HL58081, HL61543, HL42250-10/10, GM59203)
  • National Space Biomedical Research Institute
  • Muscular Dystrophy Association