Relation between extent of myostatin depletion and muscle growth in mature mice

S Welle, K Burgess, CA Thornton… - American Journal of …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
Myostatin is a negative regulator of muscle growth and fiber size. Changes in myostatin
expression might contribute to changes in muscle mass associated with various conditions …

[HTML][HTML] Myostatin and its regulation: a comprehensive review of myostatin inhibiting strategies

MH Baig, K Ahmad, JS Moon, SY Park… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Myostatin (MSTN) is a well-reported negative regulator of muscle growth and a member of
the transforming growth factor (TGF) family. MSTN has important functions in skeletal muscle …

Effect of N‐Terminal Acylation on the Activity of Myostatin Inhibitory Peptides

K Takayama, A Nakamura, C Rentier, Y Mino… - …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Inhibition of myostatin, which negatively regulates skeletal muscle growth, is a promising
strategy for the treatment of muscle atrophic disorders, such as muscular dystrophy …

Myostatin levels in regenerating rat muscles and in myogenic cell cultures

L Mendler, E Zádor, MV Heyen, L Dux… - Journal of Muscle …, 2000 - Springer
Myostatin is a newly described member of the TGF-β superfamily acting as a secreted
negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass in several species, but whose mode of action …

Myostatin: more than just a regulator of muscle mass

JM Argilés, M Orpí, S Busquets, FJ López-Soriano - Drug discovery today, 2012 - Elsevier
The presence of sufficient skeletal muscle mass is of paramount importance for body
function and the myostatin cascade is known to inhibit muscle growth in mammals. In …

[PDF][PDF] Myostatin expression in age and denervation-induced skeletal muscle atrophy

AP Baumann, C Ibebunjo, WA Grasser… - … of Musculoskeletal and …, 2003 - ismni.org
Myostatin is hypothesized to regulate skeletal muscle mass and to be a potential target for
therapeutic intervention in sarcopenia. To clarify whether myostatin is invariably associated …

[HTML][HTML] Myostatin and muscle fiber size. Focus on “Smad2 and 3 transcription factors control muscle mass in adulthood” and “Myostatin reduces Akt/TORC1/p70S6K …

SL Welle - American Journal of Physiology-Cell Physiology, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
THE PLASTICITY OF SKELETAL muscle continues to fascinate physiologists and cell
biologists. Many of the key molecules in the pathways that signal growth or atrophy of …

Development of potent myostatin inhibitory peptides through hydrophobic residue-directed structural modification

K Takayama, C Rentier, T Asari… - ACS medicinal …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Myostatin, a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth, is a promising target for treating
muscle atrophic disorders. Recently, we discovered a minimal myostatin inhibitor 1 …

Inhibition of myostatin in adult mice increases skeletal muscle mass and strength

LA Whittemore, K Song, X Li, J Aghajanian… - Biochemical and …, 2003 - Elsevier
A human therapeutic that specifically modulates skeletal muscle growth would potentially
provide a benefit for a variety of conditions including sarcopenia, cachexia, and muscular …

Molecular analysis of fiber type-specific expression of murine myostatin promoter

MS Salerno, M Thomas, D Forbes… - … of physiology-Cell …, 2004 - journals.physiology.org
Myostatin is a negative regulator of muscle growth, and absence of the functional myostatin
protein leads to the heavy muscle phenotype in both mouse and cattle. Although the role of …