ea0094p346 | Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes | SFEBES2023
Hussain Alisha
, Dinouri Rania
, Crastin Ana
, Sagmeister Michael
, Hardy Rowan
Introduction: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is characterised by an ongoing reduction in kidney function and is associated with comorbidities such as muscle wasting that greatly increase mortality. Both acidosis and elevated glucocorticoids levels are hallmarks of CKD and implicated as having a synergistic role in driving muscle wasting. We investigated the synergistic effects of acidosis and the glucocorticoid cortisol on muscle metabolism and fibre size using ...