The Claim
Direct overexpression of the vitamin D receptor in skeletal muscle induces hypertrophy by activating mTOR signaling, increasing protein synthesis, expanding satellite cell pools, and suppressing myostatin.
What the research says
Supports is higher
Support is ahead, but a single strong opposing study can change this.
These are independent scores, not a percentage. Higher-grade studies count more, so a single strong opposing study can outweigh several weaker ones.
If you make muscle cells produce more of a protein called the vitamin D receptor, the muscles get bigger because they start making more protein, grow more repair cells, and stop a protein that normally limits muscle growth.
See the scientific wording
Direct overexpression of the vitamin D receptor in skeletal muscle induces hypertrophy by activating mTOR signaling, increasing protein synthesis, expanding satellite cell pools, and suppressing myostatin.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Overexpression of the vitamin D receptor (VDR) induces skeletal muscle hypertrophy
Scientists made muscle cells in rats produce more of a protein called VDR, and the muscles got bigger because they made more protein and grew more repair cells — just like the claim said.
Score breakdown, mechanism chain, raw evidence, ideal studies needed & 1 supporting studies
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