Skeletal muscle and metabolic flexibility in response to changing energy demands in wild birds

Thermal stress affects proliferation and differentiation of turkey satellite cells through the mTOR/S6K pathway in a growth-dependent manner

(2022) Jiahui Xu et al.   PLoS One

Mechanisms of muscle atrophy and hypertrophy: implications in health and disease

(2021) Roberta Sartori et al.   Nature Communications

Are mitochondria the main contributor of reactive oxygen species in cells?

(2021) Yufeng Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Cellular and molecular pathways controlling muscle size in response to exercise

(2021) Michael Attwaters et al.   FEBS Journal

Snow buntings preparing for migration increase muscle fiber size and myonuclear domain in parallel with a major gain in fat mass

(2021) François Vézina et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

The relationship between myonuclear number and protein synthesis in individual rat skeletal muscle fibres

(2021) Satoru Ato et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Fusion and beyond: Satellite cell contributions to loading‐induced skeletal muscle adaptation

(2021) Kevin A. Murach et al.   FASEB JOURNAL

Do thermal acclimation and an acute heat challenge alter myonuclear domain of control- and fast-growing quail?

(2021) Ana Gabriela Jimenez et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Temperature heterogeneity correlates with intraspecific variation in physiological flexibility in a small endotherm

(2021) Maria Stager et al.   Nature Communications

Effects of acute temperature increases on House sparrow ( Passer domesticus ) pectoralis muscle myonuclear domain

(2021) Aliyah D. De Jesus et al.   Journal of Experimental Zoology Part A-Ecological and Integrative Physiology

Snow Buntings Maintain Winter-Level Cold Endurance While Migrating to the High Arctic

(2021) Audrey Le Pogam et al.   Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution

Myonuclear transcriptional dynamics in response to exercise following satellite cell depletion

(2021) Yuan Wen et al.   iScience

Lack of variation in nuclear DNA content in avian muscle

(2021) Ana Gabriela Jimenez et al.   GENOME

Comparison of myonuclear domain in phylogenetically paired tropical and temperate bird species

(2021) Ana Gabriela Jimenez et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Muscle repair after physiological damage relies on nuclear migration for cellular reconstruction

(2021) William Roman et al.   SCIENCE

A large-scale transgenic RNAi screen identifies transcription factors that modulate myofiber size in Drosophila

(2021) Flavia A. Graca et al.   PLoS Genetics

Life history predicts flight muscle phenotype and function in birds

(2020) Shane G. DuBay et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL ECOLOGY

Getting into Position: Nuclear Movement in Muscle Cells

(2020) Mafalda Azevedo et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Phenotypic Plasticity: From Theory and Genetics to Current and Future Challenges

(2020) Ralf J. Sommer   GENETICS

Seasonal variation in body composition in an Afrotropical passerine bird: increases in pectoral muscle mass are, unexpectedly, associated with lower thermogenic capacity

(2020) Matthew J. Noakes et al.   Journal of Comparative Physiology B-Biochemical Systems and Environmental Physiology

Phenotypic flexibility of metabolic rate and evaporative water loss does not vary across a climatic gradient in an Afrotropical passerine bird

(2020) Matthew J. Noakes et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Body temperature maintenance acclimates in a winter-tenacious songbird

(2020) Maria Stager et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Is there a role for sarcolipin in avian facultative thermogenesis in extreme cold?

(2020) Maria Stager et al.   Biology Letters

Research Note: Association of temporal expression of myostatin with hypertrophic muscle growth in different Japanese quail lines

(2020) Dong-Hwan Kim et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Satellite cell self‐renewal in endurance exercise is mediated by inhibition of mitochondrial oxygen consumption

(2020) Phablo Abreu et al.   Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

Avian Satellite Cell Plasticity

(2020) Maurycy Jankowski et al.   Animals

Flight training in a migratory bird drives metabolic gene expression in the flight muscle but not liver, and dietary fat quality influences select genes

(2020) Kristen J. DeMoranville et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Response of Turkey Pectoralis major muscle satellite cells to hot and cold thermal stress: Effect of growth selection on satellite cell proliferation and differentiation

(2020) Jiahui Xu et al.   COMPARATIVE BIOCHEMISTRY AND PHYSIOLOGY A-MOLECULAR & INTEGRATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

A multidimensional approach to the expression of phenotypic plasticity

(2020) Thibaut Morel‐Journel et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Accelerometry predicts muscle ultrastructure and flight capabilities in a wild bird

(2020) Kristen M. Lalla et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Muscle memory: myonuclear accretion, maintenance, morphology, and miRNA levels with training and detraining in adult mice

(2020) Kevin A. Murach et al.   Journal of Cachexia Sarcopenia and Muscle

Thermogenic responses in Eurasian Tree Sparrow (Passer montanus) to seasonal acclimatization and temperature-photoperiod acclimation

(2020) Lin Li et al.   Avian Research

Mechanisms of IGF-1-Mediated Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy and Atrophy

(2020) Tadashi Yoshida et al.   Cells

Myonuclear content and domain size in small versus larger muscle fibres in response to 12 weeks of resistance exercise training in older adults

(2020) Tim Snijders et al.   Acta Physiologica

Species-specific metabolic responses of songbird, shorebird, and murine cultured myotubes to N-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids

(2020) Kevin G. Young et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Structural plasticity of the avian pectoralis: a case for geometry and the forgotten organelle

(2020) Ana Gabriela Jimenez   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Nuclear numbers in syncytial muscle fibers promote size but limit the development of larger myonuclear domains

(2020) Alyssa A. W. Cramer et al.   Nature Communications

Myonuclear content regulates cell size with similar scaling properties in mice and humans

(2020) Kenth-Arne Hansson et al.   Nature Communications

Lactate Metabolism and Satellite Cell Fate

(2020) Minas Nalbandian et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Ecological and evolutionary consequences of metabolic rate plasticity in response to environmental change

(2019) Tommy Norin et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES

Differences between temperate and tropical birds in seasonal acclimatization of thermoregulatory traits

(2019) Henry S. Pollock et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

An Overview About the Biology of Skeletal Muscle Satellite Cells

(2019) Laura Forcina et al.   CURRENT GENOMICS

Elevated Myonuclear Density During Skeletal Muscle Hypertrophy In Response to Training Is Reversed During Detraining

(2019) Cory M Dungan et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Expression of Myostatin (Mstn) and Myogenin (Myog) Genes in Zi And Rhine Goose and Their Correlation with Carcass Traits

(2019) XH Zhao et al.   Brazilian Journal of Poultry Science

Muscle fiber structure in an aging long‐lived seabird, the black‐legged kittiwake ( Rissa tridactyla )

(2019) Karl Brown et al.   JOURNAL OF MORPHOLOGY

Seasonal muscle ultrastructure plasticity and resistance of muscle structural changes during temperature increases in resident black-capped chickadees and rock pigeons

(2019) Ana Gabriela Jimenez et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

PPAR expression, muscle size and metabolic rates across the gray catbird's annual cycle are greatest in preparation for fall migration

(2019) Kristen J. DeMoranville et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Expression of MSTN gene and its correlation with pectoralis muscle fiber traits in the domestic pigeons (Columba livia)

(2019) H H Liu et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Revisiting the roles of protein synthesis during skeletal muscle hypertrophy induced by exercise.

(2019) Vandre Casagrande Figueiredo   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Consequences of being phenotypically mismatched with the environment: rapid muscle ultrastructural changes in cold-shocked black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)

(2019) François Vézina et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Regulation of Autophagy in Chick Myotubes: Effects of Insulin, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I, and Amino Acids

(2018) Kazuki Nakashima et al.   JOURNAL OF POULTRY SCIENCE

Does habitat fragmentation promote climate-resilient phenotypes?

(2018) Christopher E. Latimer et al.   OIKOS

Experimental Increases in Foraging Costs Affect Pectoralis Muscle Mass and Myostatin Expression in Female, but Not Male, Zebra Finches (Taeniopygia guttata)

(2018) Yufeng Zhang et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Chronic heat stress affects muscle hypertrophy, muscle protein synthesis and uptake of amino acid in broilers via insulin like growth factor-mammalian target of rapamycin signal pathway

(2018) Bingbing Ma et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Blocking extracellular activation of myostatin as a strategy for treating muscle wasting

(2018) M. Pirruccello-Straub et al.   Scientific Reports

Myonuclear Domain Flexibility Challenges Rigid Assumptions on Satellite Cell Contribution to Skeletal Muscle Fiber Hypertrophy

(2018) Kevin A. Murach et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Betaine improves the growth performance and muscle growth of partridge shank broiler chickens via altering myogenic gene expression and insulin-like growth factor-1 signaling pathway

(2018) R Chen et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Large muscles are beneficial but not required for improving thermogenic capacity in small birds

(2018) Myriam S. Milbergue et al.   Scientific Reports

Preparing to migrate: expression of androgen signaling molecules and insulin-like growth factor-1 in skeletal muscles of Gambel’s white-crowned sparrows

(2018) Devaleena S. Pradhan et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY A-NEUROETHOLOGY SENSORY NEURAL AND BEHAVIORAL PHYSIOLOGY

Relative Contributions of Myostatin and the GH/IGF-1 Axis in Body Composition and Muscle Strength

(2018) Nicholas R. Lozier et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Flexible reaction norms to environmental variables along the migration route and the significance of stopover duration for total speed of migration in a songbird migrant

(2017) Heiko Schmaljohann et al.   Frontiers in Zoology

Comparative Transcriptomics of Seasonal Phenotypic Flexibility in Two North American Songbirds

(2017) Z A Cheviron et al.   INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY

IGF1 stimulates greater muscle hypertrophy in the absence of myostatin in male mice

(2017) Alexander Hennebry et al.   JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Temperature and photoperiod as environmental cues affect body mass and thermoregulation in Chinese bulbuls Pycnonotus sinensis

(2017) Shi-Nan Hu et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Increasing Winter Maximal Metabolic Rate Improves Intrawinter Survival in Small Birds

(2017) Magali Petit et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Seasonal Metabolic Acclimatization Varies in Direction and Magnitude among Populations of an Afrotropical Passerine Bird

(2017) Matthew J. Noakes et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Uncoupling Basal and Summit Metabolic Rates in White-Throated Sparrows: Digestive Demand Drives Maintenance Costs, but Changes in Muscle Mass Are Not Needed to Improve Thermogenic Capacity

(2017) Gonzalo Barceló et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Within-Winter Flexibility in Muscle Masses, Myostatin, and Cellular Aerobic Metabolic Intensity in Passerine Birds

(2017) David L. Swanson et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Early posthatch thermal stress affects breast muscle development and satellite cell growth and characteristics in broilers

(2017) Yogev Piestun et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Context-dependent regulation of pectoralis myostatin and lipid transporters by temperature and photoperiod in dark-eyed juncos

(2017) Yufeng Zhang et al.   Current Zoology

Phenotypic flexibility of thermogenesis in the hwamei (Garrulax canorus): responses to cold acclimation

(2016) Li-Meng Zhou et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Seasonal differences in landbird migration strategies

(2016) Kyle G. Horton et al.   AUK

INVITED REVIEW: Inhibitors of myostatin as methods of enhancing muscle growth and development1

(2016) P. R. Chen et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

The IGF-1/Akt/S6 Signaling Pathway is Age-Dependently Downregulated in the Chicken Breast Muscle

(2016) Takaoki Saneyasu et al.   JOURNAL OF POULTRY SCIENCE

Myonuclear transcription is responsive to mechanical load and DNA content but uncoupled from cell size during hypertrophy

(2016) Tyler J. Kirby et al.   MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF THE CELL

Temperature effect on proliferation and differentiation of satellite cells from turkeys with different growth rates1

(2016) D. L. Clark et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Fluctuating selection on basal metabolic rate

(2016) Johan F. Nilsson et al.   Ecology and Evolution

Enhanced exercise and regenerative capacity in a mouse model that violates size constraints of oxidative muscle fibres

(2016) Saleh Omairi et al.   eLife

Relationships between interspecific differences in the mass of internal organs, biochemical markers of metabolic activity, and the thermogenic properties of three small passerines

(2016) Minlan Bai et al.   Avian Research

Altered expression of pectoral myosin heavy chain isoforms corresponds to migration status in the white-crowned sparrow (Zonotrichia leucophrys gambelii)

(2016) Brandy P. Velten et al.   Royal Society Open Science

A novel mechanism of myostatin regulation by its alternative splicing variant during myogenesis in avian species

(2015) Sangsu Shin et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Relationship of Skeletal Muscle Development and Growth to Breast Muscle Myopathies: A Review

(2015) Sandra G. Velleman   AVIAN DISEASES

Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) promotes myoblast proliferation and skeletal muscle growth of embryonic chickens via the PI3K/Akt signalling pathway

(2015) Minli Yu et al.   CELL BIOLOGY INTERNATIONAL

Disentangling environmental drivers of metabolic flexibility in birds: the importance of temperature extremes versus temperature variability

(2015) Maria Stager et al.   ECOGRAPHY

Myostatin: Expanding horizons

(2015) Mridula Sharma et al.   IUBMB LIFE

Phenotypic flexibility of skeletal muscle and heart masses and expression of myostatin and tolloid-like proteinases in migrating passerine birds

(2015) Marisa O. King et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Cross-training in birds: cold and exercise training produce similar changes in maximal metabolic output, muscle masses and myostatin expression in house sparrows (Passer domesticus)

(2015) Y. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Regulatory mechanisms of metabolic flexibility in the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis)

(2015) M. Stager et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Circannual rhythm of resting metabolic rate of a small Afrotropical bird

(2015) Lindy J. Thompson et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

Satellite cells in human skeletal muscle plasticity

(2015) Tim Snijders et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

The role of skeletal-muscle-based thermogenic mechanisms in vertebrate endothermy

(2014) Leslie A. Rowland et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Seasonal variation in pectoralis muscle and heart myostatin and tolloid-like proteinases in small birds: a regulatory role for seasonal phenotypic flexibility?

(2014) David L. Swanson et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY B-BIOCHEMICAL SYSTEMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Relative roles of temperature and photoperiod as drivers of metabolic flexibility in dark-eyed juncos

(2014) D. Swanson et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Seasonal Phenotypic Flexibility of Body Mass, Organ Masses, and Tissue Oxidative Capacity and Their Relationship to Resting Metabolic Rate in Chinese Bulbuls

(2014) Wei-Hong Zheng et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

How Does Flexibility in Body Composition Relate to Seasonal Changes in Metabolic Performance in a Small Passerine Wintering at Northern Latitude?

(2014) Magali Petit et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Reaction Norms in Natural Conditions: How Does Metabolic Performance Respond to Weather Variations in a Small Endotherm Facing Cold Environments?

(2014) Magali Petit et al.   PLoS One

Activation of mammalian target of rapamycin signaling in skeletal muscle of neonatal chicks: Effects of dietary leucine and age

(2014) Huiling Deng et al.   POULTRY SCIENCE

Angiogenesis as a novel therapeutic strategy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy through decreased ischemia and increased satellite cells

(2014) Yuko Shimizu-Motohashi et al.   Frontiers in Physiology

Differences in Speed and Duration of Bird Migration between Spring and Autumn

(2013) Cecilia Nilsson et al.   AMERICAN NATURALIST

Characterization of myostatin gene (MSTN) of Pekin duck and the association of its polymorphism with breast muscle traits

(2013) T.S. Xu et al.   GENETICS AND MOLECULAR RESEARCH

Thermal manipulation of the embryo modifies the physiology and body composition of broiler chickens reared in floor pens without affecting breast meat processing quality1

(2013) T. Loyau et al.   JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE

Phenotype manipulations confirm the role of pectoral muscles and haematocrit in avian maximal thermogenic capacity

(2013) M. Petit et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Individual Variation in Thermogenic Capacity Is Correlated with Flight Muscle Size but Not Cellular Metabolic Capacity in American Goldfinches (Spinus tristis)

(2013) David L. Swanson et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Growth Prior to Thermogenesis for a Quick Fledging of Adélie Penguin Chicks (Pygoscelis adeliae)

(2013) Cyril Dégletagne et al.   PLoS One

Seasonality of peak metabolic rate in non-migrant tropical birds

(2012) Marion E. Wells et al.   JOURNAL OF AVIAN BIOLOGY

Acclimatization of seasonal energetics in northern cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) through plasticity of metabolic rates and ceilings

(2012) C. Sgueo et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Seasonal Metabolic Variation in Two Populations of an Afrotropical Euplectid Bird

(2012) Tanja M. F. N. van de Ven et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Myogenesis – Possibilities of its Stimulation in Chickens

(2011) Adrianna Sobolewska et al.   FOLIA BIOLOGICA-KRAKOW

Migration- and exercise-induced changes to flight muscle size in migratory birds and association with IGF1 and myostatin mRNA expression

(2011) E. R. Price et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY

Phenotypic flexibility of body composition associated with seasonal acclimatization in passerine birds

(2011) Eric T. Liknes et al.   JOURNAL OF THERMAL BIOLOGY

A growth stimulus is needed for IGF-1 to induce skeletal muscle hypertrophy in vivo

(2010) Thea Shavlakadze et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Myonuclei acquired by overload exercise precede hypertrophy and are not lost on detraining

(2010) J. C. Bruusgaard et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Myostatin inhibits IGF-I-induced myotube hypertrophy through Akt

(2009) Michael R. Morissette et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Myostatin reduces Akt/TORC1/p70S6K signaling, inhibiting myoblast differentiation and myotube size

(2009) Anne Ulrike Trendelenburg et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Avian seasonal metabolic variation in a subtropical desert: basal metabolic rates are lower in winter than in summer

(2009) Ben Smit et al.   FUNCTIONAL ECOLOGY

Seasonal Variation of Myostatin Gene Expression in Pectoralis Muscle of House Sparrows (Passer domesticus) Is Consistent with a Role in Regulating Thermogenic Capacity and Cold Tolerance

(2009) David L. Swanson et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ZOOLOGY

Myostatin Inhibition in Muscle, but Not Adipose Tissue, Decreases Fat Mass and Improves Insulin Sensitivity

(2009) Tingqing Guo et al.   PLoS One

Muscle hypertrophy driven by myostatin blockade does not require stem/precursor-cell activity

(2009) H. Amthor et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Down-Regulation of Akt/Mammalian Target of Rapamycin Signaling Pathway in Response to Myostatin Overexpression in Skeletal Muscle

(2008) Adel Amirouche et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

THE EVOLUTION OF HIGH SUMMIT METABOLISM AND COLD TOLERANCE IN BIRDS AND ITS IMPACT ON PRESENT-DAY DISTRIBUTIONS

(2008) David L. Swanson et al.   EVOLUTION

Myonuclear domain size and myosin isoform expression in muscle fibres from mammals representing a 100 000-fold difference in body size

(2008) Jing-Xia Liu et al.   EXPERIMENTAL PHYSIOLOGY

Cellular and molecular events controlling skeletal muscle mass in response to altered use

(2008) François B. Favier et al.   PFLUGERS ARCHIV-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY

Genetic Analysis of the Role of Proteolysis in the Activation of Latent Myostatin

(2008) Se-Jin Lee   PLoS One