A potential indicator of denervated muscle atrophy: The ratio of myostatin to follistatin in peripheral blood

Genetics and Molecular Research

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 3914-3923

  Wu, R H ^a   Wang, P ^a   Yang, L ^a   Li, Y ^b   Liu, Y ^a   Liu, M ^a  

^a NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Denervated muscular atrophy; Follistatin; Myostatin; Serological test

Indexed keywords

FOLLISTATIN; MYOSTATIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CIRCULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROCNEMIUS MUSCLE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE ATROPHY; MUSCLE DENERVATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; RAT; SCIATIC NERVE INJURY; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; INNERVATION; NERVE CRUSH; ORGAN SIZE; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SCIATIC NERVE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TIME;

ANIMALS; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FOLLISTATIN; MALE; MUSCLE DENERVATION; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR ATROPHY; MYOSTATIN; NERVE CRUSH; ORGAN SIZE; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SCIATIC NERVE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84865629157     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16765680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4238/2011.October.21.7     Document Type: Article

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