The role of myostatin in muscle wasting: an overview
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- 26 July 2011
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Cachexia, Sarcopenia and Muscle
- Vol. 2 (3) , 143-151
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13539-011-0035-5
Abstract
Myostatin is an extracellular cytokine mostly expressed in skeletal muscles and known to play a crucial role in the negative regulation of muscle mass. Upon the binding to activin type IIB receptor,...Keywords
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