Skip to main navigation Skip to search Skip to main content

Androgens affect myogenesis in vitro and increase local IGF-1 expression.

  • Nicholas Sculthorpe
  • , Andrew M. Solomon
  • , Andrea C.M. Sinanan
  • , Pierre- Marc G. Bouloux
  • , Fergal Grace
  • , Mark P. Lewis

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

50 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

The mechanism whereby anabolic androgens are associated with hypertrophy of skeletal muscle is incompletely understood but may involve an interaction with locally generated insulin-like growth factor (IGF) 1. The present investigation utilized a cell culture model of human skeletal muscle-derived cell maturation to test the hypothesis that androgens increase differentiation of human muscle precursor cells in vitro and to assess effects of androgen with or without IGF-1 on IGF-1 messenger RNA (mRNA) expression in human muscle precursor cells.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)610-615
JournalMedicine and Science in Sports and Exercise
Volume44
Issue number4
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2012

Keywords

  • myogenesis

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Androgens affect myogenesis in vitro and increase local IGF-1 expression.'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this