National Institute of Technology, Tsuruoka College

Impaired liver-muscle lactate metabolism causes sarcopenia via lactic acidosis in skeletal muscle in mice

Sarcopenia is a progressive disease characterized by age-related decline in skeletal muscle force and mass. The fundamental molecular pathogenesis of sarcopenia has not yet been elucidated. Here, we show that the accumulation of lactate and intracellular acidification, lactic aci...