Untreated hTNFtg animals served as controls. To identify proteolysis pathways and pro-inflammatory cytokine expression involved in muscle atrophy, the authors performed quantitative real-time PCR for ...
Methods: Northern analysis was used to measure mRNA levels of cathepsins B, H, K, L, and S, and cystatin C in total RNA extracted from knee joints of Del1 mice, using their non-transgenic litter mates ...