Myostatin is elevated in congenital heart disease and after mechanical unloading.

Myostatin is a negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass whose activity is upregulated in adult heart failure (HF); however, its role in congenital heart disease (CHD) is unknown.We studied myostatin and IGF-1 expression via Western blot in cardiac tissue at varying degrees of myocardial dysfunctio...

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Main Authors: Lawrence T Bish, Isaac George, Simon Maybaum, Jonathan Yang, Jonathan M Chen, H Lee Sweeney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3172210?pdf=render