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 …

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 …

Decreased specific force and power production of muscle fibers from myostatin-deficient mice are associated with a suppression of protein degradation

CL Mendias, E Kayupov, JR Bradley… - Journal of applied …, 2011 - journals.physiology.org
Myostatin (MSTN) is a member of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily of cytokines
and is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass. Compared with MSTN+/+ mice, 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 …

Analysis of myostatin gene structure, expression and function in zebrafish

C Xu, G Wu, Y Zohar, SJ Du - Journal of Experimental …, 2003 - journals.biologists.com
Myostatin is a member of the TGF-β family that functions as a negative regulator of skeletal
muscle development and growth in mammals. Recently, Myostatin has also been identified …

Myostatin inhibition in muscle, but not adipose tissue, decreases fat mass and improves insulin sensitivity

T Guo, W Jou, T Chanturiya, J Portas, O Gavrilova… - PloS one, 2009 - journals.plos.org
Myostatin (Mstn) is a secreted growth factor expressed in skeletal muscle and adipose tissue
that negatively regulates skeletal muscle mass. Mstn−/− mice have a dramatic increase in …

Myostatin and sarcopenia: opportunities and challenges-a mini-review

TA White, NK LeBrasseur - Gerontology, 2014 - karger.com
The progressive loss of skeletal muscle mass, strength and/or function with advancing age,
termed sarcopenia, poses a major threat to independence and quality of life. Therefore …

Sexual dimorphism is associated with decreased expression of processed myostatin in males

CD McMahon, L Popovic… - American Journal …, 2003 - journals.physiology.org
Myostatin inhibits skeletal muscle development. Therefore, we sought to determine whether
larger body and muscle mass in male mice was associated with lower mRNA and protein …

Mechanisms involved in the inhibition of myoblast proliferation and differentiation by myostatin

D Joulia, H Bernardi, V Garandel, F Rabenoelina… - Experimental cell …, 2003 - Elsevier
Muscle growth results from a set of complex processes including myogenic transcription
factor's expression and activity, cell cycle withdrawal, myoblast fusion in myotubes, and …

Long-term systemic myostatin inhibition via liver-targeted gene transfer in golden retriever muscular dystrophy

LT Bish, MM Sleeper, SC Forbes, KJ Morine… - Human gene …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal, X-linked recessive disease affecting 1 in
3,500 newborn boys for which there is no effective treatment or cure. One novel strategy that …