Treatment with soluble activin type IIB-receptor improves bone mass and strength in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy

BACKGROUND: Inhibition of activin/myostatin pathway has emerged as a novel approach to increase muscle mass and bone strength. Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a neuromuscular disorder that leads to progressive muscle degeneration and also high incidence of fractures. The aim of our study was to...

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Autores principales: Puolakkainen, Tero, Ma, Hongqian, Kainulainen, Heikki, Pasternack, Arja, Rantalainen, Timo, Ritvos, Olli, Heikinheimo, Kristiina, Hulmi, Juha J., Kiviranta, Riku
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5244551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28103859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1366-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5244551/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28103859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12891-016-1366-3

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