Akt deficiency attenuates muscle size and function but not the response to ActRIIB inhibition.
Akt is a critical mediator of developmental skeletal muscle growth. Treatment with a soluble ActRIIB fusion protein (ActRIIB-mFc) increases skeletal muscle mass and strength by inhibiting myostatin and related peptides. Recent in vitro studies have suggested that Akt signaling is necessary for the a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2010-09-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2939888?pdf=render |