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Myostatin Gene Deletion Prevents Glucocorticoid-Induced Muscle Atrophy by Gilson, H, Schakman, O, Combaret, L, Lause, P, Grobet, L, Attaix, D, Ketelslegers, J. M, Thissen, J. P

“…Glucocorticoids mediate muscle atrophy in many catabolic states. Myostatin expression, a negative regulator of muscle growth, is increased by glucocorticoids…”
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Combined baseline and one-month changes in big endothelin-1 and brain natriuretic peptide plasma concentrations predict clinical outcomes in patients with left ventricular dysfunction after acute myocardial infarction: Insights from the Eplerenone Post-Acute Myocardial Infarction Heart Failure Efficacy and Survival Study (EPHESUS) study by Olivier, A, Girerd, N, Michel, JB, Ketelslegers, JM, Fay, R, Vincent, J, Bramlage, P, Pitt, B, Zannad, F, Rossignol, P

“…Abstract Objective Increased levels of neuro-hormonal biomarkers predict poor prognosis in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by left…”
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Role of Akt/GSK-3β/β-Catenin Transduction Pathway in the Muscle Anti-Atrophy Action of Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I in Glucocorticoid-Treated Rats by Schakman, O, Kalista, S, Bertrand, L, Lause, P, Verniers, J, Ketelslegers, J. M, Thissen, J. P

“…Decrease of muscle IGF-I plays a critical role in muscle atrophy caused by glucocorticoids (GCs) because IGF-I gene electrotransfer prevents muscle atrophy…”
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Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I Gene Transfer by Electroporation Prevents Skeletal Muscle Atrophy in Glucocorticoid-Treated Rats by Schakman, O, Gilson, H, de Coninck, V, Lause, P, Verniers, J, Havaux, X, Ketelslegers, J. M, Thissen, J. P

“…Catabolic states caused by injury are characterized by a loss of skeletal muscle. The anabolic action of IGF-I on muscle and the reduction of its muscle…”
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Urotensin II induction of adult cardiomyocytes hypertrophy involves the Akt/GSK-3β signaling pathway by Gruson, D., Ginion, A., Decroly, N., Lause, P., Vanoverschelde, J.L., Ketelslegers, J.M., Bertrand, L., Thissen, J.P.

“…Urotensin II (UII) a potent vasoactive peptide is upregulated in the failing heart and promotes cardiomyocytes hypertrophy, in particular through…”
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Comparison between intact and bioactive parathyroid hormone assays in patients with severe heart failure by Gruson, D., Lepoutre, T., Ahn, S.A., Ketelslegers, J.M., Rousseau, M.F.

“…Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is a major systemic calcium-regulating hormone. Recent evidence has suggested that measurement of PTH might provide complementary…”
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Circulating urotensin II levels in moderate to severe congestive heart failure: Its relations with myocardial function and well established neurohormonal markers by Gruson, D., Rousseau, M.F., Ahn, S.A., van Linden, F., Ketelslegers, J.M.

“…Urotensin II (UII) is a potent vasoactive cyclic peptide thought to play a role in myocardial hypertrophy and remodelling. We therefore determined UII plasma…”
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Increased circulating concentrations of bioactive PTH 1-84 in patients with heart failure by Gruson, D., Lepoutre, T., Ahn, S. A., Ketelslegers, J. M., Rousseau, M. F.

“…Background: PTH is related to left ventricular hypertrophy and its circulating levels are associated with worse prognosis in patients with heart failure (HF)…”
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Circulating levels of stress associated peptide Urocortin in heart failure patients by Gruson, D., Ahn, S.A., Ketelslegers, J.M., Rousseau, M.F.

“…The available data suggest that Urocortin (UCN), a cardioprotective and vasoactive peptide known from fish neuroendocrinology, is involved in cardiac…”
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Expression of the serotonin 1b receptor in experimental pulmonary hypertension by Rondelet, B, Van Beneden, R, Kerbaul, F, Motte, S, Fesler, P, McEntee, K, Brimioulle, S, Ketelslegers, J-M, Naeije, R

“…The pathogenesis of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) remains uncertain. Both the serotonin and endothelin (ET) systems are believed to be involved. Recent…”
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Zinc supplementation increases growth and circulating insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) in growth-retarded Vietnamese children by Ninh, NX, Thissen, JP, Collette, L, Gerard, G, Khoi, HH, Ketelslegers, JM

“…To determine whether zinc deficiency might be involved in the failure to thrive observed in undernourished Vietnamese children, we assessed growth, incidence…”
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Regulation of insulin-like growth factor-I in starvation and injury by Thissen, J.P, Underwood, L.E, Ketelslegers, J.M

“…Both starvation and sepsis are characterized by growth hormone (GH) insensitivity, which leads to a reduction in circulating insulin-like growth factor…”
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Nutritional regulation of insulin-like growth factor-I by Ketelslegers, Jean-Marie, Maiter, Dominique, Maes, Marc, Underwood, Louis E., Thissen, Jean-Paul

“…Several lines of evidence indicate that in the human, insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is nutritionally regulated. Both energy and protein availability are…”
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Cardiac natriuretic peptides for diagnosis and risk stratification in heart failure: influences of left ventricular dysfunction and coronary artery disease on cardiac hormonal activation by SELVAIS, P. L, DONCKIER, J. E, ROBERT, A, LALOUX, O, VAN LINDEN, F, AHN, S, KETELSLEGERS, J. M, ROUSSEAU, M. F

“…Background Cardiac natriuretic peptides are activated in heart failure. However, their diagnostic and prognostic values have not been compared under the…”
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Reduced liver insulin-like growth factor-I gene expression in young zinc-deprived rats is associated with a decrease in liver growth hormone (GH) receptors and serum GH-binding protein by Ninh, N X, Thissen, J P, Maiter, D, Adam, E, Mulumba, N, Ketelslegers, J M

“…Zinc depletion attenuates growth and decreases circulating IGF-I. To investigate the mechanisms responsible for the IGF-I decline, we determined the effects of…”
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Bosentan for the prevention of overcirculation-induced experimental pulmonary arterial hypertension by RONDELET, Benoit, KERBAUL, Francois, NAEIJE, Robert, MOTTE, Sophie, VAN BENEDEN, Ronald, REMMELINK, Myriam, BRIMIOULLE, Serge, MCENTEE, Kathleen, WAUTHY, Pierre, SALMON, Isabelle, KETELSLEGERS, Jean-Marie

“…The dual endothelin-receptor antagonist bosentan has been reported to improve pulmonary arterial hypertension, but the role of endothelins in the pathogenesis…”
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Reference values of IGF-I in children from birth to 5 years of age, in Burkina Faso, using blood samples on filter paper by Kouanda, S, Tonglet, R, De Coninck, V, Doulougou, B, Sondo, B, Ketelslegers, J.M, Robert, A

“…Abstract Objectives The aims of this study were to validate the use of filter paper to measure insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) and to establish normal…”
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Smoking is associated with increased levels of osteopontin in type 2 diabetic patients: preliminary results by Bellovici, M, Ketelslegers, JM, Colson, A, de Coninck, V, Buysschaert, M

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Different effects of intermittent and continuous growth hormone (GH) administration on serum somatomedin-C/insulin-like growth factor I and liver GH receptors in hypophysectomized rats by Maiter, D, Underwood, L E, Maes, M, Davenport, M L, Ketelslegers, J M

“…To determine if the pattern of GH delivery is important for the regulation of serum somatomedin-C/insulin-like growth factor I (Sm-C/IGF-I) and liver…”
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Reduced serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) in protein-restricted growing rats are accompanied by reduced IGF-I mRNA levels in liver and skeletal muscle by VandeHaar, M J, Moats-Staats, B M, Davenport, M L, Walker, J L, Ketelslegers, J M, Sharma, B K, Underwood, L E

“…The serum concentration of insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is reduced in growing rats fed a low-protein diet, and this decrease is age-dependent, being…”
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