Browsing Kinesiology by Author "Boyle, Kristen E."
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Increased Secretion and Expression of Myostatin in Skeletal Muscle From Extremely Obese Women
Hittel, Dustin S.; Berggren, Jason R.; Shearer, Jane; Boyle, Kristen E.; Houmard, Joseph A. (East Carolina University, 2009-01)OBJECTIVE- Obesity is associated with endocrine abnormalities that predict the progression of insulin resistance to type 2 diabetes. Because skeletal muscle has been shown to secrete proteins that could be used as biomarkers, ... -
Metabolic Inflexibility in Skeletal Muscle With Obesity
Boyle, Kristen E. (East Carolina University, 2009)The skeletal muscle of obese individuals has a reduced capacity to oxidize lipids. The hypothesis to be tested in this dissertation is that the ability to regulate lipid oxidation in response to lipid exposure is impaired ...