Myostatin: More than just a regulator of muscle mass

Drug Discovery Today

Volumn 17, Issue 13-14, 2012, Pages 702-709

  Argilés, Josep M ^a   Orpí, Marcel ^a   Busquets, Sílvia ^a   López Soriano, Francisco J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID; MYOSTATIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADIPOSE TISSUE; CACHEXIA; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; HEART; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIMB GIRDLE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE GROWTH; MUSCLE MASS; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WASTING SYNDROME;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CACHEXIA; EXERCISE THERAPY; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOSTATIN; ORGAN SIZE; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 84863513082     PISSN: 13596446     EISSN: 18785832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.drudis.2012.02.001     Document Type: Review

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