Betaine supplement enhances skeletal muscle differentiation in murine myoblasts via IGF-1 signaling activation

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Senesi, Pamela ^a   Luzi, Livio ^a,b   Montesano, Anna ^a   Mazzocchi, Nausicaa ^c   Terruzzi, Ileana ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN DONATO   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Betaine; Hypertrophy; IGF 1; Muscle tissue; Myoblast differentiation; Striated muscle cell

Indexed keywords

BETAINE; MYOD PROTEIN; MYOSIN HEAVY CHAIN; SOMATOMEDIN C; SOMATOMEDIN C RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN C2C12; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MOUSE; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE HYPERTROPHY; MYOBLAST; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; BETAINE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINE; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MICE; MUSCLE FIBERS, SKELETAL; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOBLASTS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84880334440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-11-174     Document Type: Article

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