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My Research
My lab studies the molecular causes of muscle loss. Protein turnover is important in maintaining skeletal muscle health and contributes to increasing and decreasing muscle size. Protein degradation is central to the process of muscle atrophy, and the proteasome system facilitates the targeting of proteins for breakdown. I study how protein quality control by degradation is regulated and contributes to skeletal muscle mass and function.
Research Keywords
- Diseases of aging
- Healthy aging
- Muscle loss
- Metabolism
- Proteostasis

Lab Staff
Contact

David Hughes, Ph.D.
Aging & Metabolism Research Program, MS 46
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
825 N.E. 13th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73104
Phone: 405-271-3458


