Myostatin: a circulating biomarker correlating with disease in myotubular myopathy mice and patients

C Koch, S Buono, A Menuet, A Robé, S Djeddi… - … Therapy Methods & …, 2020 - cell.com
Myotubular myopathy, also called X-linked centronuclear myopathy (XL-CNM), is a severe
congenital disease targeted for therapeutic trials. To date, biomarkers to monitor disease …

Loss of myostatin attenuates severity of muscular dystrophy in mdx mice

KR Wagner, AC McPherron, N Winik… - Annals of Neurology …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Myostatin, a transforming growth factor–β family member, is a negative regulator of skeletal
muscle growth. To explore the therapeutic potential of targeting myostatin in settings of …

Myostatin inhibits IGF-I-induced myotube hypertrophy through Akt

MR Morissette, SA Cook… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2009 - journals.physiology.org
Myostatin is a highly conserved negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth. Loss of
functional myostatin in cattle, mice, sheep, dogs, and humans results in increased muscle …

[HTML][HTML] The elusive role of myostatin signaling for muscle regeneration and maintenance of muscle and bone homeostasis

A Mitra, R Qaisar, B Bose, SP Sudheer - Osteoporosis and sarcopenia, 2023 - Elsevier
Skeletal muscle is one of the leading frameworks of the musculo-skeletal system, which
works in synergy with the bones. Long skeletal muscles provide stability and mobility to the …

Human myostatin negatively regulates human myoblast growth and differentiation

C McFarlane, GZ Hui, WZW Amanda… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Myostatin, a member of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily, has been implicated in
the potent negative regulation of myogenesis in murine models. However, little is known …

Relative contributions of myostatin and the GH/IGF-1 Axis in body composition and muscle strength

NR Lozier, JJ Kopchick, S De Lacalle - Frontiers in Physiology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Myostatin, a negative regulator of muscle growth, is considered a potential therapeutic agent
for individuals suffering from various muscle wasting and strength declining diseases …

Myostatin is a key mediator between energy metabolism and endurance capacity of skeletal muscle

E Mouisel, K Relizani, L Mille-Hamard… - American Journal …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Myostatin (Mstn) participates in the regulation of skeletal muscle size and has emerged as a
regulator of muscle metabolism. Here, we hypothesized that lack of myostatin profoundly …

Skeletal muscle myostatin gene expression and sarcopenia in overweight and obese middle‐aged and older adults

AS Ryan, G Li - JCSM clinical reports, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Myostatin (MSTN) is a key negative regulator of muscle mass in humans and
animals, having direct and indirect influences on molecular regulators of atrophy and …

The role of myostatin in muscle wasting: an overview

Y Elkina, S von Haehling, SD Anker… - Journal of cachexia …, 2011 - Springer
Myostatin is an extracellular cytokine mostly expressed in skeletal muscles and known to
play a crucial role in the negative regulation of muscle mass. Upon the binding to activin …

[HTML][HTML] Myostatin inhibition by a follistatin-derived peptide ameliorates the pathophysiology of muscular dystrophy model mice

K Tsuchida - Acta Myologica, 2008 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Gene-targeted therapies, such as adeno-associated viral vector (AAV)-mediated gene
therapy and cell-mediated therapy using myogenic stem cells, are hopeful molecular …