Activin IIB receptor blockade attenuates dystrophic pathology in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

Morine, Kevin J

Activin IIB receptor blockade attenuates dystrophic pathology in a mouse model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. [electronic resource] - Muscle & nerve Nov 2010 - 722-30 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

1097-4598

10.1002/mus.21743 doi


Activin Receptors, Type II--antagonists & inhibitors
Animals
Blotting, Western
Cloning, Molecular
Creatine--blood
Creatine Kinase--blood
Dependovirus--genetics
Echocardiography
Heart Function Tests
Mice
Mice, Inbred mdx
Mice, Transgenic
Muscle Contraction--drug effects
Muscle, Skeletal--growth & development
Muscular Dystrophy, Duchenne--drug therapy
Myostatin--physiology
Organ Size--drug effects
Signal Transduction
Transforming Growth Factor beta--physiology