Myostatin does not regulate cardiac hypertrophy or fibrosis

Neuromuscular Disorders

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 290-296

  Cohn, Ronald D ^a   Liang, Hsin Yueh ^a   Shetty, Reena ^a   Abraham, Theodore ^a   Wagner, Kathryn R ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Duchenne muscular dystrophy; Myostatin

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN; MYOSTATIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; GENETICS; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEART VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; MORPHOMETRICS; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE MASS; NONHUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; CARDIOMEGALY; CELL SIZE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROSIS; HEART; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; ORGAN SIZE; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

EID: 34047101435     PISSN: 09608966     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nmd.2007.01.011     Document Type: Article

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