Open AccessEnergy Deprivation Alters in a Leptin- and Cortisol-Independent Manner Circulating Levels of Activin A and Follistatin But Not Myostatin in Healthy Males
Author(s) -
Maria Vamvini,
Konstantinos N. Aronis,
John P. Chamberland,
Christos S. Mantzoros
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2011-1665
Subject(s) - follistatin , medicine , myostatin , endocrinology , leptin , hydrocortisone , biology , obesity , muscle hypertrophy
Activin A, myostatin, and follistatin have recently emerged as important regulatory molecules of reproduction and the musculoskeletal system. Little is known, however, about their day/night patterns of secretion and their physiological regulation by energy availability.