Myostatin inhibitors as pharmacological treatment for muscle wasting and muscular dystrophy

M Saitoh, J Ishida, N Ebner, SD Anker… - JCSM Clinical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Myostatin, a member of the transforming growth factor beta (TGF‐β) superfamily that is
highly expressed in skeletal muscle, was first described in 1997. It has been known that loss …

Targeting myostatin for therapies against muscle-wasting disorders.

K Tsuchida - Current Opinion in Drug Discovery & Development, 2008 - europepmc.org
In addition to gene correction therapy and cell transplantation techniques, multidisciplinary
approaches to drug discovery and development offer promising therapeutic strategies for …

Muscle hypertrophy driven by myostatin blockade does not require stem/precursor-cell activity

H Amthor, A Otto, A Vulin, A Rochat… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Myostatin, a member of the TGF-β family, has been identified as a powerful inhibitor of
muscle growth. Absence or blockade of myostatin induces massive skeletal muscle …

Myostatin inhibition: a potential performance enhancement strategy?

MN Fedoruk, JL Rupert - … journal of medicine & science in …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
A decade has passed since myostatin was first identified as a negative regulator of muscle
growth. Since then, studies in both humans and animals have demonstrated that decreasing …

Myostatin gene deletion prevents glucocorticoid-induced muscle atrophy

H Gilson, O Schakman, L Combaret, P Lause… - …, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Glucocorticoids mediate muscle atrophy in many catabolic states. Myostatin expression, a
negative regulator of muscle growth, is increased by glucocorticoids and myostatin …

Expression pattern of myostatin in gastrocnemius muscle of rats after sciatic nerve crush injury

M Liu, D Zhang, C Shao, J Liu… - Muscle & Nerve: Official …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Myostatin is a strong inhibitor of skeletal muscle growth. The purpose of this study was to
investigate myostatin expression profiles during denervation‐induced muscle atrophy in …

Molecular, cellular and physiological investigation of myostatin propeptide-mediated muscle growth in adult mice

A Matsakas, K Foster, A Otto, R Macharia… - Neuromuscular …, 2009 - Elsevier
Inhibition of myostatin signalling or its biological activity has recently emerged as a potential
remedial approach against muscle wasting and degenerative diseases such as muscular …

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] A mouse anti-myostatin antibody increases muscle mass and improves muscle strength and contractility in the mdx mouse model of Duchenne muscular …

M St. Andre, M Johnson, PN Bansal, J Wellen… - Skeletal muscle, 2017 - Springer
Background The treatments currently approved for Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a
progressive skeletal muscle wasting disease, address the needs of only a small proportion …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms involved in the enhancement of mammalian target of rapamycin signalling and hypertrophy in skeletal muscle of myostatin-deficient mice

C Lipina, H Kendall, AC McPherron, PM Taylor… - FEBS letters, 2010 - Elsevier
Myostatin deficiency leads to both an increased rate of protein synthesis and skeletal muscle
hypertrophy. However, the mechanisms involved in mediating these effects are not yet fully …