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Growing human eggs in the lab  -  Apr 21, 2008
Thirty-eight of the culture plates contained a chemical called activin, which has been shown to be important in growing and maturing eggs from sheep and NHS Choices,

Acceleron Pharma Announces Global Collaboration with Celgene ...  -  Feb 21, 2008
ACE-011, a protein therapeutic based on the activin receptor type IIA, is a novel bone-forming agent. In numerous pre-clinical models of bone loss, Lifescience-online,

Acceleron, Celgene in Potential $1.8B Bone Loss Collaboration  -  Feb 20, 2008
ACE-011, a protein drug designed to work by inhibiting activin, a negative regulator of bone mass, has demonstrated in preclinical studies an ability to BioWorld Online,

BMP-4 interacts with activin and GnRH to modulate gonadotrophin ...  -  Jan 8, 2008
In contrast, in mouse LbT2 gonadotrophs, others have shown a stimulatory effect of BMPs on basal or activin-stimulated FSHb promoter-driven transcription. Journal of Endocrinology

Proximal Tibial Osteochondromas in Patients with Fibrodysplasia ...  -  Feb 1, 2008
The disorder is caused by a recurrent missense mutation in the glycine-serine activation domain of activin A receptor type I, a bone morphogenetic protein Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (subscription)

Acceleron Pharma Receives Grant for ACE-011 from the Multiple ...  -  Jan 23, 2008
ACE-011, a protein therapeutic based on the activin receptor type IIA, is a novel bone forming agent. In numerous preclinical models of bone loss, Business Wire (press release),

New funding for MA diabetes research  -  Nov 20, 2007
The "Physiologic Roles of Activin and Myostatin Antagonists" grant will provide Schneyer with funds to research diabetes over the next three years. The Massachusetts Daily Collegian,

Pioneer Valley pulls in $700K diabetes grant Mass High Tech: The ...  -  Nov 12, 2007
The grant, titled "Physiologic Roles of Activin and Myostatin Antagonists," provides Schneyer with $737000 to conduct diabetes research over the next three Bizjournals.com,

Heart disease 'raises risk of complications in pregnancy'  -  Nov 1, 2007
Levels of the hormone activin A are also higher in women with the condition, but the reasons for this are unknown. Women in their first pregnancy and those Scotsman,

Acceleron Pharma’s ACE-031 Increases Muscle Mass In a Preclinical ...  -  Oct 19, 2007
ACE-031, a protein therapeutic based on the activin receptor type IIB (actriib), is the first of several compounds Acceleron is developing for the treatment PipelineReview.com (press release),

Department of Biology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin ...  -  Sep 26, 2007
Activin is an important regulator of gonadotropin expression and production in the vertebrate pituitary, and its activity is fine-tuned by its binding Journal of Endocrinology

Acceleron Pharma Presents Positive Phase 1 Results Demonstrating ...  -  Sep 18, 2007
It was the first time clinical data for an activin antagonist was presented at a scientific meeting. ACE-011 was well-tolerated in this study and Business Wire (press release),

Acceleron Pharma's ACE-011 Increases Bone Mineral Density and Bone ...  -  Sep 20, 2007
The results from the oral presentation titled "ACE-011, A Soluble Activin Receptor Type IIA Fusion Protein, Increases BMD and Improves Microarchitecture in PharmaLive.com (press release),

Stem Cells Help Rat Hearts Recover After Attack  -  Aug 27, 2007
To overcome the first challenge, the researchers treated single layers of stem cells with two compounds, activin A and bone morphogenetic protein 4, MedPage Today,

TGF- Signaling in Development  -  Aug 15, 2007
This Connections Map Pathway in the Database of Cell Signaling integrates signaling not only from TGF- and BMP but also from the ligands nodal and activin, Science Now,

Acceleron Pharma to Present ACE-011 Bone Growth Data at the ASBMR ...  -  06 Aug 2007
Genetic Engineering News (press release),This presentation represents the first time clinical data for an activin antagonist, a novel mechanism for an anabolic bone agent, will be presented at a

Discovery of gene and mechanism essential to the embryonic ...  -  Jun 28, 2007
News-Medical.net,Inhibin beta A forms part of a protein, activin, that spurs a cascade of activity in certain cells. By staining the cells of the developing epididymis for

Key Signaling Molecules in New Teeth Formation Identified  -  Jun 20, 2007
MedIndia,They also show that spatial differences in the expression levels of two key genes, Activin and Follistatin, contribute to the characteristic asymmetry of

'Missing link' stem cells may shorten path to therapies  -  Jun 28, 2007
Raw Story,The growth factor -- called activin/Nodal -- that is now known to work for humans and mice may also unlock access to stem cells in these other species,

Mouse Embryonic Stem Cells Could Help Research Into Human Diseases  -  Jun 28, 2007
Medical News Today,The mouse ES cells depend on leukaemia inhibitory factor and bone morphogenetic protein while the human ones rely on activin (INHBA)/nodal (NODAL) and

ACE-011 Improves Multiple Myeloma Bone Disease in a Preclinical Model  -  Jun 27, 2007
PipelineReview.com (press release),ACE-011, a novel bone anabolic agent currently in a phase 1 clinical trial, is a protein therapeutic based on the activin receptor IIA.

Research Documents Scalable Production, Survival Following ...  -  Jun 19, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),Moreover, studies showed that GRNOPC1 secretes specific neurotrophic factors, including midkine, hepatocyte growth factor, activin A, transforming growth

ACE-301 shows potential against muscle disorders  -  May 15, 2007
Therapeutics Daily (subscription) (press release),The agent is based on the activin type IIB receptor which binds myostatin and other negative regulators of muscle mass, thereby preventing its destruction.

Accelreon Pharma's ACE-031Shown to Increase Muscle Mass in ...  -  May 15, 2007
PharmaLive.com (press release),² ACE-031, a protein therapeutic based on the activin receptor type IIB (ActRIIB), is the first of several compounds Acceleron is developing for the

Life sciences industry touches our lives in many ways  -  May 3, 2007
ChronicleHerald.ca,Shalini Rao, who also worked in the area of ovarian cancer and looked at the role of activin signalling in cell behaviour; Alexandra Blay and Kayee Choi

Effects of PPAR activation on gonadotropin transcription and cell ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
Journal of EndocrinologyWe here investigated regulatory roles of PPARa and PPARg in gonadotropin transcription and cell mitosis modulated by pituitary activin/BMP systems using a

Events at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign from ...  -  Apr 19, 2007
Inside Illinois,...“Formation and Regulation of the Ovarian Follicle: Insights From Studies of Inhibin and Activin.� Kelly Mayo, Northwestern University. Noon.

Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia and Psychopathology  -  Apr 12, 2007
Journal of Neuropsychiatry (subscription)The second is in the gene encoding activin A receptor type-like kinase 1 (chromosome 12q13; ALK-1, HHT2). 2. There is a paucity in published clinical

Oxidative stress increases placental and endothelial cell activin ...  -  Jan 3, 2007
Journal of EndocrinologyCirculating levels of activin A are significantly increased in women with preeclampsia compared with those with a normal pregnancy.

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