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. 2008 Feb 2;86(7):747–759. doi: 10.1007/s00109-008-0308-4

Table 1.

Muscle diseases and NF-κB

Disease Model References
Humans
Muscular atrophy
 Muscle sarcopenia [76]
Muscular dystrophies
 Duchenne muscular dystrophy [81]
 Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy type 2A [3]
Inflammatory myopathies
 Dermatomyositis [81]
 Polymyositis [81]
 Inclusion body myositis [86]
Animal models
Muscular atrophy
 Denervation (atrophy due to nervous dysfunction) Mice [4, 5]
 Unloading (disuse atrophy) Rats, mice [45, 75]
 Cancer cachexia Mice [4, 60]
 TNF/INF-γ muscular injections Mice [60]
Muscular dystrophies
 Mdx model Mice [83]
 Double mdx/utr model Mice [83]
 Toxin injection (regeneration model) Mice [5, 83, 102]
 Freeze injury (regeneration model) Mice [103]