Myostatin does not regulate cardiac hypertrophy or fibrosis

RD Cohn, HY Liang, R Shetty, T Abraham… - Neuromuscular …, 2007 - Elsevier
Myostatin is a negative regulator of muscle growth. Loss of myostatin has been shown to
cause increase in skeletal muscle size and improve skeletal muscle function and fibrosis in …

Loss of myostatin expression alters fiber‐type distribution and expression of myosin heavy chain isoforms in slow‐and fast‐type skeletal muscle

S Girgenrath, K Song… - Muscle & Nerve: Official …, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Myostatin (Mstn) is a member of the transforming growth factor‐beta family that negatively
regulates skeletal muscle mass. Mstn knockout mice have greater skeletal muscle mass …

Past, present, and future perspective of targeting myostatin and related signaling pathways to counteract muscle atrophy

WMH Hoogaars, RT Jaspers - Muscle Atrophy, 2018 - Springer
Myostatin was identified more than 20 years ago as a negative regulator of muscle mass in
mice and cattle. Since then, a wealth of studies have uncovered the potential involvement of …

Elimination of myostatin does not combat muscular dystrophy in dy mice but increases postnatal lethality

Z Li, GD Shelton, E Engvall - The American journal of pathology, 2005 - Elsevier
Myostatin is a TGF-β family member and a negative regulator of skeletal muscle growth. It
has been proposed that reduction or elimination of myostatin could be a treatment for …

Hindlimb skeletal muscle function in myostatin‐deficient mice

BA Gentry, JA Ferreira, CL Phillips, M Brown - Muscle & nerve, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Absence of functional myostatin (MSTN) during fetal development results in adult skeletal
muscle hypertrophy and hyperplasia. To more fully characterize MSTN loss in hindlimb …

The role of myostatin and bone morphogenetic proteins in muscular disorders

K Tsuchida - Expert opinion on biological therapy, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Skeletal muscle is the largest organ in the human body, and plays an important role in body
movement and metabolism. Skeletal muscle mass is lost in genetic disorders such as …

Lack of myostatin results in excessive muscle growth but impaired force generation

H Amthor, R Macharia, R Navarrete… - Proceedings of the …, 2007 - National Acad Sciences
The lack of myostatin promotes growth of skeletal muscle, and blockade of its activity has
been proposed as a treatment for various muscle-wasting disorders. Here, we have …

[HTML][HTML] Novel myostatin-specific antibody enhances muscle strength in muscle disease models

H Muramatsu, T Kuramochi, H Katada, A Ueyama… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Myostatin, a member of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily, is an attractive target
for muscle disease therapy because of its role as a negative regulator of muscle growth and …

[PDF][PDF] Myostatin: biology and clinical relevance

G Carnac, S Ricaud, B Vernus… - Mini reviews in medicinal …, 2006 - researchgate.net
Myostatin is a negative regulator of muscle mass. Important advances in our understanding
of the complex biology of this factor have revealed the therapeutic potential of antagonizing …

Myostatin in the pathophysiology of skeletal muscle

A Bonnieu, G Carnac, B Vernus - Current genomics, 2007 - ingentaconnect.com
Myostatin is an endogenous, negative regulator of muscle growth determining both muscle
fiber number and size. The myostatin pathway is conserved across diverse species ranging …