Follistatin: A Potential Anabolic Treatment for Re-Innervated Muscle

Abstract

Follistatin is a possible anabolic treatment for denervation atrophy induced muscle weakness following prolonged denervation.Adenovirus delivery of Recombinant FS-288 DNA isoform does not induce hypertrophy in normal rodent gastrocnemius muscle. The efficacy of Adenoassociated virus delivery of FS-288 DNA or direct delivery of recombinant FS-288 protein is currently not known.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2016
Accession Number
AD1034009

Entities

People

  • Jonathan Isaacs

Organizations

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adenoviruses
  • Biomedical Research
  • Data Analysis
  • Department Of Defense
  • Histology
  • Hypertrophy
  • Materials
  • Medical Personnel
  • Muscle Fibers
  • Muscular Diseases
  • Peripheral Nervous System
  • Pilot Studies
  • Proteins
  • Recombinant Dna
  • Recombinant Proteins
  • Virotherapy
  • Viruses

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Medicine

Readers

  • Immunology and Pathology
  • Molecular Genetics