Activin-type II receptor B (ACVR2B) and follistatin haplotype associations with muscle mass and strength in humans

Journal of Applied Physiology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2142-2148

  Walsh, Sean ^a   Metter, E Jeffrey ^b   Ferrucci, Luigi ^b   Roth, Stephen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b HARBOR HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Genetics; Sex; Skeletal muscle

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN TYPE II RECEPTOR B; FOLLISTATIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPE; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SOFT TISSUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TORQUE;

ACTIVIN RECEPTORS, TYPE II; AGED; EXERTION; FEMALE; FOLLISTATIN; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; ORGAN SIZE; STATISTICS;

EID: 34447550642     PISSN: 87507587     EISSN: 15221601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.01322.2006     Document Type: Article

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