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FSTL5 expression is a marker of Group C metastatic medulloblastomas [PDF]

, 2014
INTRODUCTION: Medulloblastoma (MB) is the most commonmalignant brain tumor in children. Four different molecular subgroups are recognized, which differ in gene expression, genomic aberrations, histology, demographics and survival:WNT and SHH groups ...
Baldi, Caterina, Buttarelli, Francesca Romana, Giangaspero, Felice, Gianno, Francesca, Massimino, Maura, Minasi, Simone   +5 more
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Inhibiting Myostatin with Follistatin Improves the Success of Myoblast Transplantation in Dystrophic Mice

Cell Transplantation, 2008
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a recessive disease due to a mutation in the dystrophin gene. Myoblast transplantation permits to introduce the dystrophin gene in dystrophic muscle fibers.
Basma F. Benabdallah, Manaf Bouchentouf, Joel Rousseau, Pascal Bigey, Annick Michaud, Pierre Chapdelaine, Daniel Scherman, Jacques P. Tremblay   +7 more
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Clinical significance of serum follistatin levels in the diagnosis of ovarian endometrioma and benign ovarian cysts

Taiwanese Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology, 2015
Objective: To determine the clinical significance of serum follistatin levels in women with an ovarian endometrioma. Materials and methods: This is a prospective study of 89 women, 56 with an ovarian endometrioma (endometrioma group) and 33 with a benign
Ömer Ant, Gülnur Özakşit, Ali İrfan Güzel, Sabri Cavkaytar, Metin Kaba, Hasan Onur Topçu   +5 more
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Circulating resistin and follistatin levels in obese and non-obese women with polycystic ovary syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2021
This meta-analysis was performed to resolve the inconsistencies regarding resistin and follistatin levels in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) by pooling the available evidence. A systematic literature search using PubMed and Scopus was carried
Tahereh Raeisi, Hossein Rezaie, Mina Darand, Akram Taheri, Nazila Garousi, Bahman Razi, Leonardo Roever, Reza Mohseni, Shimels Hussien Mohammed, Shahab Alizadeh   +9 more
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Follistatin as potential therapeutic target in prostate cancer [PDF]

, 2013
Follistatin is a single-chain glycosylated protein whose primary function consists in binding and neutralizing some members of the transforming growth factor-β superfamily such as activin and bone morphogenic proteins.
CRESCIMANNO, Marilena, DI MAJO, Danila, FLANDINA, Carla, GIAMMANCO, Marco, LA GUARDIA, Maurizio, LETO, Gaetano, Sepporta, MV, TUMMINELLO, Francesca Maria   +7 more
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Follow the follistatin [PDF]

Science-Business eXchange, 2008
Ohio State University and Nationwide Children's Hospital researchers have reported on the use of gene therapy to deliver follistatin to treat muscular dystrophy, a disease that is still confounding drug developers.
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Global Gene Expression Profiling of Individual Human Oocytes and Embryos Demonstrates Heterogeneity in Early Development [PDF]

, 2013
Early development in humans is characterised by low and variable embryonic viability, reflected in low fecundity and high rates of miscarriage, relative to other mammals.
Brison, Daniel R., Kimber, Susan J., Shaw, Lisa, Sneddon, Sharon F., Zeef, Leo   +4 more
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Comparison of the effects of two types of resistance training on the serum levels of factors involved in muscular hypertrophy in healthy young men [PDF]

فیزیولوژی ورزش و فعالیت بدنی
Background and Purpose: Myostatin and follistatin are key proteins in muscle tissue regulation, growth, and hypertrophy. This study aimed to investigate the effects of two types of resistance training on the serum levels of myostatin and follistatin and ...
Sadegh Cheragh-Birjandi, Mojtaba Farhadpoor   +1 more
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Follistatin Protein Enhances Satellite Cell Counts in Reinnervated Muscle

Journal of Brachial Plexus and Peripheral Nerve Injury, 2022
Background Muscle recovery following peripheral nerve repair is sup-optimal. Follistatin (FST), a potent muscle stimulant, enhances muscle size and satellite cell counts following reinnervation when administered as recombinant FST DNA via viral vectors ...
Mark A. Feger, Jonathan Isaacs, Satya Mallu, Dorne Yager, Mary Shall, Gaurangkumar Patel, Omar Protzuk, Akhil S. Bokkisam   +7 more
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Roles of intracerebral activin, inhibin, and follistatin in the regulation of Kiss-1 gene expression: Studies using primary cultures of fetal rat neuronal cells

Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 2020
Hypothalamic kisspeptin, encoded by the Kiss-1 gene, governs the hypothalamic-pituitary-gonadal axis by directly regulating the release of gonadotropin-releasing hormone.
Zolzaya Tumurgan, Haruhiko Kanasaki, Tuvshintugs Tumurbaatar, Aki Oride, Hiroe Okada, Satoru Kyo   +5 more
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