Myostatin

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Broader Terms

transforming growth factor

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• Myostatin is also known as growth and differentiation factor 8 (GDF-8).
• Myostatin AnswerNotes Myostatin Myostatin is a gene that limits muscle growth.
• However, the researchers caution that it's still unknown whether myostatin is involved in the human wasting syndrome, called cachexia (ka-KEX-ee-a).
• When myostatin is produced naturally in the body it acts to reduce the amount of muscle formed.
• If you want to get lean and gain muscle or strength, myostatin is your worst enemy.

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