New insights into impaired muscle glycogen synthesis

PLoS Med. 2008 Jan 29;5(1):e25. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0050025.

Abstract

The authors discuss a new study showing that carriers of the mutation PPP1R3A show decreased muscle glycogen levels.

Publication types

  • Comment

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cardiomyopathies / enzymology
  • Cardiomyopathies / genetics
  • Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology
  • Codon, Nonsense
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / enzymology*
  • Exercise
  • Frameshift Mutation
  • Gene Frequency
  • Glycogen / analysis
  • Glycogen / biosynthesis*
  • Glycogen Phosphorylase / metabolism
  • Glycogen Synthase / genetics
  • Glycogen Synthase / metabolism
  • Heart / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Insulin / physiology*
  • Insulin Resistance
  • Mice
  • Muscle, Skeletal / chemistry
  • Muscle, Skeletal / enzymology*
  • Myocardium / enzymology
  • Organ Specificity
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / genetics
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases / physiology*
  • United Kingdom
  • White People / genetics

Substances

  • Codon, Nonsense
  • Insulin
  • Glycogen
  • Glycogen Phosphorylase
  • Glycogen Synthase
  • PPP1R3A protein, human
  • Phosphoprotein Phosphatases