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Activin A is deeply involved in the progression of sarcopenia and leads to poor prognosis in lung cancer patients

Scientific Reports
Patients with lung cancer frequently develop sarcopenia, which severely affects quality of life. The underlying mechanisms of lung cancer sarcopenia need to be clarified because sarcopenia is strongly correlated with poor prognosis.
Yo Kawaguchi, Yoko Kataoka, Keigo Okamoto, Makoto Yoden, Takuya Shiratori, Ryosuke Kaku, Keiko Ueda, Yasuhiko Ohshio, Tomoya Terashima, Jun Hanaoka   +9 more
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Grass Carp Follisatin: Molecular Cloning, Functional Characterization, Dopamine D1 Regulation at Pituitary Level, and Implication in Growth Hormone Regulation

Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2017
Activin is involved in pituitary hormone regulation and its pituitary actions can be nullified by local production of its binding protein follistatin. In our recent study with grass carp, local release of growth hormone (GH) was shown to induce activin ...
Roger S. K. Fung, Bai Jin, Mulan He, Karen W. Y. Yuen, Anderson O. L. Wong   +4 more
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Roles of mechanistic target of rapamycin and transforming growth factor-B signaling in the molting gland (Y-organ) of the blackback land crab, Gecarcinus lateralis [PDF]

, 2016
Molting in decapod crustaceans is controlled by molt-inhibiting hormone (MIH), an eyestalk neuropeptide that suppresses production of ecdysteroids by a pair of molting glands (Y-organs or YOs). Eyestalk ablation (ESA) activates the YOs, which hypertrophy
Abuhagr, Ali M., Chang, Ernest S., Chang, Sharon A., MacLea, Kyle S., Mudron, Megan R., Mykles, Donald L.   +5 more
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Fossil bears break free from inhibitory cascade constraints at least twice (Ursus minimus and Ursus deningeri) caused by dietary adaptations

Boreas, EarlyView.
Bears deviate from the inhibitory cascade model (ICM) during molar size evolution, with two significant deviations linked to changes in diet: Ursus minimus and Ursus deningeri. Many bears exhibit a ‘partial ICM’, highlighting the relationship between relative molar size, dietary adaptations and dental development across different species.
Anneke H. van Heteren, A. Stefanie Luft
wiley   +1 more source

Parallel Activin and BMP signaling coordinates R7/R8 photoreceptor subtype pairing in the stochastic Drosophila retina

eLife, 2017
Drosophila color vision is achieved by comparing outputs from two types of color-sensitive photoreceptors, R7 and R8. Ommatidia (unit eyes) are classified into two subtypes, known as ‘pale’ or ‘yellow’, depending on Rhodopsin expression in R7 and R8 ...
Brent S Wells, Daniela Pistillo, Erin Barnhart, Claude Desplan   +3 more
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The early stages of heart development: insights from chicken embryos [PDF]

, 2016
The heart is the first functioning organ in the developing embryo and the detailed understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms involved in its formation provides insights into congenital malformations affecting its function and therefore the ...
Alsan, Arguello, de la Cruz, de La Cruz, de la Cruz, DeHaan, Hatada, Kitajima, Le Lievre, Needham, Plein, Psychoyos, Rosenquist, Schultheiss, Stern, Tam, Vincent, Waldo, Yatskievych, Zhang   +19 more
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Establishment of Human Formative Pluripotent Stem Cell‐Like Cells Exhibiting Amniotic Differentiation Potentials

Cell Proliferation, EarlyView.
The hfPSC‐LCs could be established from naïve hESCs, conventional hESCs, hiPSCs, and human blastocysts. The hfPSC‐LCs hold robust capacity for three germ layers, hPGCLCs, and hALPCs. ABSTRACT Human embryos undergo pivotal morphogenetic remodelling shortly after implantation. The understanding of this crucial stage is severely impeded by the scarcity of
Xiaoxiao Wang, Qizhi Wang, Yu Wu, Chen Gu, Mingfei Li, Yong Fan, Xiangjin Kang, Lei Li, Zheng Gao, Mingyan Hei, Jianqiao Liu, Lei Li   +11 more
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Targeting TGF-β Mediated SMAD Signaling for the Prevention of Fibrosis

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2017
Fibrosis occurs when there is an imbalance in extracellular matrix (ECM) deposition and degradation. Excessive ECM deposition results in scarring and thickening of the affected tissue, and interferes with tissue and organ homeostasis – mimicking an ...
Kelly L. Walton, Katharine E. Johnson, Craig A. Harrison   +2 more
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TMEPAI/PMEPA1 Is a Positive Regulator of Skeletal Muscle Mass

Frontiers in Physiology, 2020
Inhibition of myostatin- and activin-mediated SMAD2/3 signaling using ligand traps, such as soluble receptors, ligand-targeting propeptides and antibodies, or follistatin can increase skeletal muscle mass in healthy mice and ameliorate wasting in models ...
Adam Hagg, Adam Hagg, Adam Hagg, Swati Kharoud, Swati Kharoud, Georgia Goodchild, Craig A. Goodman, Craig A. Goodman, Justin L. Chen, Justin L. Chen, Rachel E. Thomson, Rachel E. Thomson, Hongwei Qian, Hongwei Qian, Paul Gregorevic, Paul Gregorevic, Paul Gregorevic, Paul Gregorevic, Craig A. Harrison, Craig A. Harrison, Kelly L. Walton, Kelly L. Walton   +21 more
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A biomimetic pancreatic cancer on-chip reveals endothelial ablation via ALK7 signaling [PDF]

, 2019
Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) is an aggressive, lethal malignancy that invades adjacent vasculatures and spreads to distant sites before clinical detection.
Alimperti, Styliani, Chen, Christopher S., Eyckmans, Jeroen, Lee, Esak, Lee, Jake June-Koo, Nguyen, Duc-Huy T., Norgard, Robert J., Stanger, Ben Z., Wong, Alec   +8 more
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