Myostatin and Follistatin Polymorphisms Interact with Muscle Phenotypes and Ethnicity
Author(s) -
Matthew A. Kostek,
Theodore J. Angelopoulos,
Priscilla M. Clarkson,
Paul M. Gordon,
Niall M. Moyna,
Paul S. Visich,
Robert F. Zoeller,
Thomas B. Price,
Richard L. Seip,
Paul D. Thompson,
Joseph M. Devaney,
Heather GordishDressman,
Eric P. Hoffman,
Linda S. Pescatello
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e3181930337
Subject(s) - myostatin , follistatin , genotype , medicine , isometric exercise , allele , single nucleotide polymorphism , endocrinology , body mass index , biology , genetics , muscle hypertrophy , gene
We examined associations among myostatin (MSTN) 2379 A > G and 163 G > A and follistatin (FST) -5003 A > T and -833 G > T single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) on the muscle size and the strength response to resistance training (RT).
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