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Paracrine and endocrine modes of myostatin action.
Journal of applied physiology (Bethesda, Md. : 1985) - 15 Mar 2016
Lee Yun-Sil, Huynh Thanh V, Lee Se-Jin
Abstract excerpt
Myostatin (MSTN) is a secreted signaling molecule that normally acts to limit muscle mass. In adult animals, MSTN is made almost exclusively by skeletal muscle and circulates in the blood. A critical question is whether this circulating MSTN protein can enter the active pool to regulate muscle growth or whether all of the activity of MSTN results from locally produced protein. Here, we addressed this question in...
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