Myostatin and its precursor protein are increased in the skeletal muscle of patients with Type-II muscle fibre atrophy

Folia Morphologica

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 6-12

  Wojcik S ^a   Nogalska, A ^a   Engel, W K ^a   Askanas, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

GDF 8; Human muscle; Myostatin; Myostatin precursor protein; Type II muscle fibre atrophy

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MESSENGER RNA; MYOSTATIN; PROTEIN PRECURSOR;

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FAST MUSCLE FIBER; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE BIOPSY; PATHOGENESIS; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOPSY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE FIBERS, FAST-TWITCH; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; PROTEIN PRECURSORS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 40949155609     PISSN: 00155659     EISSN: 16443284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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