Biochemistry & Pharmacology: Open Access
Open Access

Abstract

Diabetic Myopathy and Mechanisms of Disease

Erick O. Hernández-Ochoa and Camilo Vanegas

Humans build muscle mass over the first two decades of life; begin to lose muscle mass and strength between the third and fourth decades, and the decline accelerates during the sixth decade. Sarcopenia and dynapenia are age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and muscle strength, respectively.