Search Results - "Stitt, Trevor"
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The IGF-1/PI3K/Akt Pathway Prevents Expression of Muscle Atrophy-Induced Ubiquitin Ligases by Inhibiting FOXO Transcription Factors
Published in Molecular cell (07-05-2004)“…Skeletal muscle size depends upon a dynamic balance between anabolic (or hypertrophic) and catabolic (or atrophic) processes. Previously, no link between the…”
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Activin A more prominently regulates muscle mass in primates than does GDF8
Published in Nature communications (28-04-2017)“…Growth and differentiation factor 8 (GDF8) is a TGF-β superfamily member, and negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass. GDF8 inhibition results in prominent…”
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The E3 Ligase MuRF1 Degrades Myosin Heavy Chain Protein in Dexamethasone-Treated Skeletal Muscle
Published in Cell metabolism (01-11-2007)“…Skeletal muscle atrophy occurs as a side effect of treatment with synthetic glucocorticoids such as dexamethasone (DEX) and is a hallmark of cachectic…”
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Conditional Activation of Akt in Adult Skeletal Muscle Induces Rapid Hypertrophy
Published in Molecular and Cellular Biology (01-11-2004)“…Article Usage Stats Services MCB Citing Articles Google Scholar PubMed Related Content Social Bookmarking CiteULike Delicious Digg Facebook Google+ Mendeley…”
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Akt/mTOR pathway is a crucial regulator of skeletal muscle hypertrophy and can prevent muscle atrophy in vivo
Published in Nature cell biology (01-11-2001)“…Skeletal muscles adapt to changes in their workload by regulating fibre size by unknown mechanisms. The roles of two signalling pathways implicated in muscle…”
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Mediation of IGF-1-induced skeletal myotube hypertrophy by PI(3)K/Akt/mTOR and PI(3)K/Akt/GSK3 pathways
Published in Nature cell biology (01-11-2001)“…Skeletal muscle is composed of multinucleated fibres, formed after the differentiation and fusion of myoblast precursors. Skeletal muscle atrophy and…”
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Identification of Ubiquitin Ligases Required for Skeletal Muscle Atrophy
Published in Science (American Association for the Advancement of Science) (23-11-2001)“…Skeletal muscle adapts to decreases in activity and load by undergoing atrophy. To identify candidate molecular mediators of muscle atrophy, we performed…”
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Absence of the lipid phosphatase SHIP2 confers resistance to dietary obesity
Published in Nature medicine (01-02-2005)“…Genetic ablation of Inppl1, which encodes SHIP2 (SH2-domain containing inositol 5-phosphatase 2), was previously reported to induce severe insulin sensitivity,…”
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Genetic Deletion of Trb3, the Mammalian Drosophila tribbles Homolog, Displays Normal Hepatic Insulin Signaling and Glucose Homeostasis
Published in Diabetes (New York, N.Y.) (01-05-2007)“…Genetic Deletion of Trb3, the Mammalian Drosophila tribbles Homolog, Displays Normal Hepatic Insulin Signaling and Glucose Homeostasis Haruka Okamoto , Esther…”
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Agrin Acts via a MuSK Receptor Complex
Published in Cell (17-05-1996)“…Formation of the neuromuscular junction depends upon reciprocal inductive interactions between the developing nerve and muscle, resulting in the precise…”
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The Growth Arrest-Specific Gene Product Gas6 Promotes the Survival of Human Oligodendrocytes via a Phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase-Dependent Pathway
Published in The Journal of neuroscience (15-05-2003)“…Microarray analysis revealed that transcripts for the Axl and Mer receptor tyrosine kinases are expressed at high levels in O4+-immunopanned oligodendrocytes…”
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The anticoagulation factor protein S and its relative, Gas6, are ligands for the Tyro 3/Axl family of receptor tyrosine kinases
Published in Cell (24-02-1995)“…We report the identification of ligands for Tyro 3 (alternatively called Sky, rse, brt, or tif) and Axl (alternatively, Ark or UFO), members of a previously…”
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Similarities and differences in the way neurotrophins interact with the Trk receptors in neuronal and nonneuronal cells
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (01-02-1993)“…We have exploited a battery of approaches to address several controversies that have accompanied the expansion of the nerve growth factor (NGF) family of…”
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trkB encodes a functional receptor for brain-derived neurotrophic factor and neurotrophin-3 but not nerve growth factor
Published in Cell (31-05-1991)“…A variety of findings seem to functionally link brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and neurotrophin-3 (NT-3), while distinguishing both of these factors…”
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Alternative forms of rat TrkC with different functional capabilities
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (01-05-1993)“…We have identified transcripts encoding several different forms of rat TrkC, a member of the Trk family of receptor tyrosine kinases that serves as a receptor…”
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Receptor tyrosine kinase specific for the skeletal muscle lineage: Expression in embryonic muscle, at the neuromuscular junction, and after injury
Published in Neuron (Cambridge, Mass.) (01-09-1995)“…While a number of growth factors have been described that are highly specific for particular cell lineages, neither a factor nor a receptor uniquely specific…”
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Myostatin blockade with a fully human monoclonal antibody induces muscle hypertrophy and reverses muscle atrophy in young and aged mice
Published in Skeletal muscle (09-10-2015)“…Loss of skeletal muscle mass and function in humans is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. The role of myostatin as a key negative regulator…”
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Kinase Domain of the Muscle-Specific Receptor Tyrosine Kinase (MuSK) is Sufficient for Phosphorylation but not Clustering of Acetylcholine Receptors: Required Role for the MuSK Ectodomain?
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (05-08-1997)“…Formation of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) depends upon a nerve-derived protein, agrin, acting by means of a muscle-specific receptor tyrosine kinase, MuSK,…”
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Localization and Regulation of MuSK at the Neuromuscular Junction
Published in Developmental biology (15-07-1998)“…The receptor tyrosine kinase, MuSK, is required for the formation of the neuromuscular junction (NMJ) where MuSK becomes phosphorylated when exposed to…”
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Loss of SFRP4 Alters Body Size, Food Intake, and Energy Expenditure in Diet-Induced Obese Male Mice
Published in Endocrinology (Philadelphia) (01-12-2015)“…Secreted frizzled-related protein 4 (SFRP4) is an extracellular regulator of the wingless-type mouse mammary tumor virus integration site family (WNT) pathway…”
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