Androgens affect myogenesis in vitro and increase local IGF-1 expression

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 610-615

  Sculthorpe, Nick ^a   Solomon, Andrew M ^b,c   Sinanan, Andrea C M ^b   Bouloux, Pierre Marc G ^b   Grace, Fergal ^d   Lewis, Mark P ^a,b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^d KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

insulin like growth factor 1; molecular physiology; Muscle cell differentiation; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; AR PROTEIN, HUMAN; FLUTAMIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C; TESTOSTERONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL CULTURE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; PHYSIOLOGY; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONISTS; CELLS, CULTURED; FLUTAMIDE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MALE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858709584     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e318237c5c0     Document Type: Article

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