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The role of myostatin in muscle wasting: an overview

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 type IIB receptor, myostatin can initiate several different signalling cascades resulting in the upregulation of the atr...

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Autores principales: Elkina, Yulia, von Haehling, Stephan, Anker, Stefan D., Springer, Jochen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3177043/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21966641
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13539-011-0035-5