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Myostatin-null mice exhibit delayed skin wound healing through the blockade of transforming growth factor-β signaling by decorin
27 Jan 2012
Abstract excerpt
Myostatin (Mstn) is a secreted growth and differentiation factor that belongs to the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) superfamily. Mstn has been well characterized as a regulator of myogenesis and has been shown to play a critical role in postnatal muscle regeneration. Herein, we report for the first time that Mstn is expressed in both epidermis and dermis of murine and human skin and that Mstn-null mice...
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