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The needle biopsy was obtained from the vastus lateralis.
Felt happy smiles "are defined as the action of the zygomatic major [lip] and orbicularis oculi, pars lateralis [eye] muscles."
VEGF is a 45 kDA heparin-binding homodimeric glycoprotein with a predominant specificity to vascular endothelial cells [ 4 5 6 7 ] . Recent investigations demonstrate that VEGF increases vascular permeability [ 4 ] , endothelial cell proliferation in vitro [ 8 ] , and angiogenesis in vivo [ 9 ] . We have previously demonstrated that VEGF mRNA is upregulated in rat gastrocnemius muscle following 1 hour of acute submaximal treadmill exercise [ 10 ] , in dog gastrocnemius muscle following 1 hour of electrical stimulation [ 11 ] , and in human vastus lateralis following 30 min of one-legged knee extension exercise at 50% maximal capacity [ 12 ] . Other studies show similar upregulation of VEGF mRNA in chronically electrically stimulated rat skeletal muscle [ 13 14 ] , and in human vastus lateralis following 45 min of one-legged knee extension exercise [ 15 ] .
In untrained individuals, the proportion of ST fibers in the vastus lateralis muscle (the largest of the quadriceps muscles and the most commonly studied muscle in humans), is typically around 55%, with FT a fibers being twice as common as FT b fibers (Saltin et al.