• Title of article

    Hypothesis: Myostatin is a mediator of cardiac cachexia

  • Author/Authors

    Michel R. Hoenig، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2008
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    131
  • To page
    133
  • Abstract
    Myostatin is a recently described negative regulator of skeletal muscle mass. This paper hypothesizes a role for this system in cardiac cachexia and insulin resistance and osteoporosis associated with advanced heart failure.
  • Keywords
    heart failure , Neurohumoral , cachexia , Myostatin
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Cardiology
  • Serial Year
    2008
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Cardiology
  • Record number

    815690