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Enhanced skeletal muscle growth in myostatin-deficient transgenic pigs had improved glucose uptake in stretozotocin-induced diabetes.
Transgenic research - 1 Apr 2020
Li Biao, Cui Wentao, Yang Jinzeng
Abstract excerpt
The size of skeletal muscle mass plays a significant role in glucose uptake in healthy and diabetic human subjects. Previously, we have generated myostatin-deficient (MSTN-/-) transgenic pigs via animal cloning technology. MSTN-/- pigs had dramatic phenotype with individual muscle mass increase by 100% over their wild-type controls, which provides a unique large animal model to investigate how enhanced skeletal...
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