Search Results - "Wood, Harrison D."

Loss of α-actinin-3 during human evolution provides superior cold resilience and muscle heat generation by Wyckelsma, Victoria L., Venckunas, Tomas, Houweling, Peter J., Schlittler, Maja, Lauschke, Volker M., Tiong, Chrystal F., Wood, Harrison D., Ivarsson, Niklas, Paulauskas, Henrikas, Eimantas, Nerijus, Andersson, Daniel C., North, Kathryn N., Brazaitis, Marius, Westerblad, Håkan

“…The protein α-actinin-3 expressed in fast-twitch skeletal muscle fiber is absent in 1.5 billion people worldwide due to homozygosity for a nonsense…”
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Response to Mörseburg et al by Wyckelsma, Victoria L, Venckunas, Tomas, Houweling, Peter J, Schlittler, Maja, Lauschke, Volker M, Tiong, Chrystal F, Wood, Harrison D, Paulauskas, Henrikas, Eimantas, Nerijus, Andersson, Daniel C, North, Kathryn N, Brazaitis, Marius, Westerblad, Håkan

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ACTN3 genotype influences skeletal muscle mass regulation and response to dexamethasone by Seto, Jane T, Roeszler, Kelly N, Meehan, Lyra R, Wood, Harrison D, Tiong, Chrystal, Bek, Lucinda, Lee, Siaw F, Shah, Manan, Quinlan, Kate G R, Gregorevic, Paul, Houweling, Peter J, North, Kathryn N

“…Homozygosity for the common null polymorphism ( 577X) results in α-actinin-3 deficiency in ~20% of humans worldwide and is linked to reduced sprint and power…”
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