Systemic myostatin inhibition via liver-targeted gene transfer in normal and dystrophic mice.

Myostatin inhibition is a promising therapeutic strategy to maintain muscle mass in a variety of disorders, including the muscular dystrophies, cachexia, and sarcopenia. Previously described approaches to blocking myostatin signaling include injection delivery of inhibitory propeptide domain or neut...

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Main Authors: Kevin J Morine, Lawrence T Bish, Klara Pendrak, Meg M Sleeper, Elisabeth R Barton, H Lee Sweeney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2820101?pdf=render