Abstract：
:Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a devastating neurological disease that is inevitably fatal after 3-5years duration. Treatment options are minimal and as such new therapeutic modalities are required. In this review, we discuss the role of the myostatin pathway as a modulator of skeletal muscle mass and therapeutic approaches using biological based therapies. Both monoclonal antibodies to myostatin and a soluble receptor decoy to its high affinity receptor have been used in clinical trials of neuromuscular diseases and while there have been efficacy signals with the latter approach there have also been safety issues. Our approach is to target the high affinity receptor-binding site on myostatin and to develop a next generation set of therapeutic reagents built on a novel protein scaffold. This is the natural single domain VNAR found in sharks which is extremely versatile and has the ability to develop products with superior properties compared to existing therapeutics.
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Neurochem Intjournal_title
Neurochemistry internationalauthors
Walsh FS,Rutkowski JLdoi
10.1016/j.neuint.2012.07.016subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2012-11-01 00:00:00pages
931-5issue
6eissn
0197-0186issn
1872-9754pii
S0197-0186(12)00236-7journal_volume
61pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract：:For elucidation of thyroid hormone-induced responsiveness of fish brain, various doses (0.012, 0.025, 0.05, 0.1, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2 and 4 ?g/g) of triiodothyronine (T(3)) were injected in Singi fish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch), for 3 consecutive days and the changes in cytosolic NADP-dependent malic enzyme (ME, EC 1...
journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0197-0186(89)90036-3
更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2015.08.013
更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0197-0186(89)90138-1
更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0197-0186(93)90064-c
更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0197-0186(94)90045-0
更新日期：1994-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2012.12.014
更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2006.01.025
更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Transport activity of d-pipecolic acid and of l-pipecolic acid in mouse brain and peripheral tissues were tested, and the effect of immobilization stress was described, along with the method for preparative, enantiomeric resolution and purification of d,l-pipecolic acid using high performance liquid chromatography equ...
journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0197-0186(88)90057-5
更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0197-0186(03)00124-4
更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0197-0186(94)90143-0
更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2011.04.002
更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00
abstract：:We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) neurofilament light chain (NFL) protein in the classification of patients with Alzheimer's disease (AD) and cognitively healthy control individuals (HCs) and patients with frontotemporal dementia (FTD) as comparisons. Particularly, we tested the performa...
journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2017.05.010
更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2014.12.003
更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0197-0186(94)90133-3
更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Two puromycin-sensitive aminopeptidase isozymes (PSA-I and PSA-II) were isolated from chicken brain cytosol by ammonium sulfate fractionation followed by column chromatography on Cellex D and AH-Sepharose 4B and separated on Bio-Gel HTP. Each was purified to homogeneity on Sephadex G-200, Arg-Tyr-AH-Sepharose, Bio-Gel...
journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0197-0186(93)90039-8
更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Age is the leading risk factor for many of the most prevalent and devastating diseases including neurodegenerative diseases. A number of herbal medicines have been used for centuries to ameliorate the deleterious effects of ageing-related diseases and increase longevity. Oxidative stress is believed to play a role in ...
journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2012.08.018
更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The labelling of gangliosides and sialoglycoproteins (SGP) after injecting intraocularly 30 ?Ci of [(3)H]ManNAc was studied in chickens that had previously received, also intraocularly, 30 or 70 nmol of monensin in 10 ?l of ethanol or 24 ?g of colchicine in 10 ?l saline. Controls received ethanol or saline only. Colch...
journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0197-0186(86)90183-x
更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The present study has been designed to establish the potential benefits from 1-methylnicotinamide (MNA) treatment on brain disorders associated with type 1 diabetes. All experiments were carried out after 6 weeks of streptozotocin-induced diabetes (60 mg/kg of body weight, i.p.) in male Wistar rats treated for 5 weeks...
journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2009.10.004
更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0197-0186(00)00106-6
更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:There has arisen considerable interest in the study of dopamine D(2/3) agonist binding sites by positron emission tomography (PET), based on the claim that agonist sites represent a functional subset of the total number of sites labeled by more conventional antagonist ligands. To test the basis of this claim, we used ...
journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2010.01.010
更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00
abstract：:A simple procedure for isolating a fraction enriched in synaptic plasma membrane (SPM) vesicles from sheep brain cortex is described and is used in studying uptake and release of [(3)H]GABA. The crude synaptosomal fraction was subjected to osmotic shock and the lysate was subfractioned in a discontinuous density gradi...
journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0197-0186(90)90022-l
更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2012.05.022
更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0197-0186(81)90020-6
更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2004.09.002
更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Essential metals are crucial for the maintenance of cell homeostasis. Among the 23 elements that have known physiological functions in humans, 12 are metals, including iron (Fe) and manganese (Mn). Nevertheless, excessive exposure to these metals may lead to pathological conditions, including neurodegeneration. Simila...
journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2012.12.006
更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract：:The roles of membrane depolarization and calcium influx in the regulation of retinal serotonin N-acetyltransferase (NAT) activity were investigated in low-density monolayer cultures of chick retinal cells, in which photoreceptors represented approximately 70% of the total cell population. NAT activity expressed by the...
journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0197-0186(90)90075-5
更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00
abstract：:Gastrointestinal peptides and hormones are known to penetrate through the utero-placental barrier and regulate fetal development. In the present study, we tested permeation of maternal brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) to fetuses, using BDNF-gene deficient mice and exogenous BDNF administration. At embryonic da...
journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2008.11.005
更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2006.08.009
更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：Neurochemistry international
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.neuint.2012.02.004
更新日期：2012-04-01 00:00:00
