[PDF][PDF] The transforming growth factor-betas: multifaceted regulators of the development and maintenance of skeletal muscles, motoneurons and Schwann cells

IS McLennan, K Koishi - International Journal of Developmental …, 2002 - scholar.archive.org
This review discusses the roles of the transforming growth factor-betas (TGF-βs) as part of a
complex network that regulates the development and maintenance of the neuromuscular …

Anti-Müllerian hormone is a gonadal cytokine with two circulating forms and cryptic actions

IS McLennan, MW Pankhurst - J endocrinol, 2015 - joe.bioscientifica.com
Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) is a multi-faceted gonadal cytokine. It is present in all
vertebrates with its original function in phylogeny being as a regulator of germ cells in both …

The level of serum anti-Müllerian hormone correlates with vitamin D status in men and women but not in boys

NA Dennis, LA Houghton, GT Jones… - The Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Context: Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a gonad-specific hormone, which is extensively
used as a marker of gonadal status. The level of serum AMH has a high variance in similar …

MyoD protein accumulates in satellite cells and is neurally regulated in regenerating myotubes and skeletal muscle fibers

K Koishi, M Zhang, IS McLennan… - Developmental …, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
MyoD belongs to a family of helix‐loop‐helix proteins that control myogenic differentiation.
Transfection of various non‐myogenic cell lines with MyoD transforms them into myogenic …

Mullerian Inhibiting Substance acts as a motor neuron survival factor in vitro

PY Wang, K Koishi, AB McGeachie… - Proceedings of the …, 2005 - National Acad Sciences
The survival of motor neurons is controlled by multiple factors that regulate different aspects
of their physiology. The identification of these factors is important because of their …

Resident macrophages (ED2-and ED3-positive) do not phagocytose degenerating rat skeletal muscle fibres

IS McLennan - Cell and tissue research, 1993 - Springer
Two soleus muscles with degenerating muscle fibres were serially sectioned and adjacent
sections from various levels of the skeletal muscles were stained with antibodies that react …

During secondary myotube formation, primary myotubes preferentially absorb new nuclei at their ends

M Zhang, IS McLennan - Developmental Dynamics, 1995 - Wiley Online Library
Developing muscles contain at least two types of myoblasts. Early myoblasts are the first
myoblast to form and are the only myoblasts present during primary myotube formation. By …

Fliih, a gelsolin-related cytoskeletal regulator essential for early mammalian embryonic development

HD Campbell, S Fountain, IS McLennan… - … and cellular biology, 2002 - Taylor & Francis
The Drosophila melanogaster flightless I gene is required for normal cellularization of the
syncytial blastoderm. Highly conserved homologues of flightless I are present in …

Müllerian inhibiting substance contributes to sex-linked biases in the brain and behavior

PY Wang, A Protheroe, AN Clarkson… - Proceedings of the …, 2009 - National Acad Sciences
Many behavioral traits and most brain disorders are common to males and females but are
more evident in one sex than the other. The control of these subtle sex-linked biases is …

[HTML][HTML] Acute supplementation with high dose vitamin D3 increases serum anti-Müllerian hormone in young women

NA Dennis, LA Houghton, MW Pankhurst, MJ Harper… - Nutrients, 2017 - mdpi.com
Anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) is a paracrine regulator of ovarian follicles. Vitamin D (Vit D)
regulates AMH production in vitro, but its role as a regulator of ovarian AMH production is …