0 Skeletal Muscle Adaptations to Testosterone and Resistance Training in Men with COPD Michael I. Lewis 1, 3 , Mario Fournier 1, 3 , Thomas W. Storer 4 , Shalender Bhasin 3, 5, 7 , Janos Porszasz 6 , Song-Guang Ren 2 , Xiaoyu Da 1 , and Richard Casaburi 3, 6 Divisions of 1 Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine and 2 Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism, The Burns and Allen Research Institute at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 3 David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California 4 Exercise Sciences Laboratory, El Camino College, Torrance, California 5 Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Molecular Medicine, Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, California 6 Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Physiology and Medicine, Rehabilitation Clinical Trials Center, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California Running title: Muscle adaptations to testosterone and resistance training in COPD ADDRESS CORRESPONDENCE TO: Michael I. Lewis, M.D. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center 8700 Beverly Boulevard, Room 6732 Los Angeles, California 90048 TEL: (310) 423-1832; FAX (310) 423-0129 E-MAIL: michael.lewis@cshs.org 7 Current affiliation: Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts. Page 1 of 49 Articles in PresS. J Appl Physiol (August 2, 2007). doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00150.2007 Copyright © 2007 by the American Physiological Society.