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. 2023 Mar 2;14:1199. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-36817-1

Fig. 8. Mytho: a novel gene involved in the regulation of autophagy, skeletal muscle mass, and integrity.

Fig. 8

Scheme illustrating the role of MYTHO in skeletal muscle homeostasis. Acute MYTHO depletion protects from atrophy in different catabolic conditions (starvation, cancer cachexia, denervation, and sepsis). Prolonged MYTHO depletion in skeletal muscle blunts autophagic flux and triggers a sustained hyperactivation of growth signaling causing a myopathological phenotype, characterized by pathological hypertrophy, myofiber degeneration, impaired force generation, and major ultrastructural abnormalities. KD Knockdown. Created with BioRender.com.