Activin C antagonizes activin A in vitro and overexpression leads to pathologies in vivo

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 184-195

  Gold, Elspeth ^a   Jetly, Niti ^c   O'Bryan, Moira K ^a   Meachem, Sarah ^b   Srinivasan, Deepa ^a   Behuria, Supreeti ^c   Sanchez Partida, L Gabriel ^a   Woodruff, Teresa ^c   Hedwards, Shelley ^a   Wang, Hong ^a   McDougall, Helen ^a   Casey, Victoria ^a   Niranjan, Birunthi ^a   Patella, Shane ^a   Risbridger, Gail ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HUDSON INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Australia)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVIN; ACTIVIN A; ACTIVIN C; FOLLISTATIN; FOLLITROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; LIVER ENZYME; SMAD PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN LNCAP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIMERIZATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; LIVER CELL; MALE INFERTILITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA PURIFICATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TESTIS; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 58249110402     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2353/ajpath.2009.080296     Document Type: Article

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