Plasma follistatin is elevated in patients with type 2 diabetes: relationship to hyperglycemia, hyperinsulinemia, and systemic low-grade inflammation

Plasma and Muscle Myostatin in Relation to Type 2 Diabetes

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Activin A Levels Are Associated With Abnormal Glucose Regulation in Patients With Myocardial Infarction: Potential Counteracting Effects of Activin A on Inflammation

(2011) G. O. Andersen et al.   DIABETES

Energy Deprivation Alters in a Leptin- and Cortisol-Independent Manner Circulating Levels of Activin A and Follistatin But Not Myostatin in Healthy Males

(2011) Maria T. Vamvini et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

The roles of activin A and its binding protein, follistatin, in inflammation and tissue repair

(2011) David M. de Kretser et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Exercise Induces a Marked Increase in Plasma Follistatin: Evidence That Follistatin Is a Contraction-Induced Hepatokine

(2010) Jakob Hansen et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with impaired cytokine response and adhesion molecule expression in human endotoxemia

(2010) Anne Sofie Andreasen et al.   INTENSIVE CARE MEDICINE

The global diabetes epidemic as a consequence of lifestyle-induced low-grade inflammation

(2009) H. Kolb et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

The relationship between follistatin and chronic low-grade inflammation in women with polycystic ovary syndrome

(2009) Mei-Jou Chen et al.   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

The effects of a soluble activin type IIB receptor on obesity and insulin sensitivity

(2009) I Akpan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

Role of Follistatin in Promoting Adipogenesis in Women

(2009) John N. Flanagan et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

The diseasome of physical inactivity - and the role of myokines in muscle-fat cross talk

(2009) Bente K. Pedersen   JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LONDON

Measurement of myostatin concentrations in human serum: Circulating concentrations in young and older men and effects of testosterone administration

(2009) Kishore M. Lakshman et al.   MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Myostatin Inhibition in Muscle, but Not Adipose Tissue, Decreases Fat Mass and Improves Insulin Sensitivity

(2009) Tingqing Guo et al.   PLoS One