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    Activin and inhibin are two closely related protein complexes that have almost directly opposite biological effects. Identified in 1986, activin enhances...
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  • An Activin receptor is a receptor which binds activin. These proteins are receptor-type kinases of Ser/Thr type, which have a single transmembrane domain...
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  • pulmonary arterial hypertension. It is an activin signaling inhibitor, based on the extracellular domain of the activin type 2 receptor expressed as a recombinant...
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    Activin receptor type-2B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ACVR2B gene. ACVR2B is an activin type 2 receptor. Activins are dimeric growth and...
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    in the gene ACVR1 (also known as activin-like kinase 2 (ALK2)) is responsible for the disease. ACVR1 encodes activin receptor type-1, a BMP type-1 receptor...
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    scientists reported that suppressing activin type 2 receptors-signalling proteins myostatin and activin A via activin A/myostatin inhibitor ACVR2B – tested...
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  • The activin type 2 receptors belong to a larger TGF-beta receptor family and modulate signals for transforming growth factor beta ligands. These receptors...
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    inhibiting the production of GnRH in the hypothalamus. Inhibin acts to inhibit activin, which is a peripherally produced hormone that positively stimulates GnRH-producing...
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    Follistatin, also known as activin-bindings protein, is a protein that in humans is encoded by the FST gene. Follistatin is an autocrine glycoprotein...
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  • The Activin type I receptors transduce signals for a variety of members of the Transforming growth factor beta superfamily of ligands. This family of...
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    ACVRL1 is a receptor in the TGF beta signaling pathway. It is also known as activin receptor-like kinase 1, or ALK1. This gene encodes a type I cell-surface...
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    Activin A receptor, type I (ACVR1) is a protein which in humans is encoded by the ACVR1 gene; also known as ALK-2 (activin receptor-like kinase-2). ACVR1...
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    Activin receptor type-2A is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ACVR2A gene. ACVR2A is an activin type 2 receptor. This gene encodes activin A...
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  • inhibitors also reduce the activity of related proteins such as GDF11, activins, and bone morphogenetic proteins. While this off target activity can increase...
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    Activin receptor type-1B is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ACVR1B gene. ACVR1B or ALK-4 acts as a transducer of activin or activin-like ligands...
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    Transforming growth factor beta receptor I (activin A receptor type II-like kinase, 53kDa) is a membrane-bound TGF beta receptor protein of the TGF-beta...
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  • important role in puberty. Activin A is a dimeric glycoprotein that is a member of the transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) family. Activin A is responsible for...
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    which in humans is encoded by the INHBA gene. INHBA is a subunit of both activin and inhibin, two closely related glycoproteins with opposing biological...
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  • treat pathological muscle loss and weakness. It binds to and inhibits activin receptor type-2B. Bimagrumab must be administered intravenously at a hospital...
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    and hypothalamic hormones Nerve cell survival factors 3 Activins: Activin A, Activin B and Activin AB. Glial-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) Needed for...
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  • receptors and five type II receptors. There are three activins: Activin A, Activin B and Activin AB. Activins are involved in embryogenesis and osteogenesis...
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  • transforming growth factor beta, receptor type I (activin A receptor type II-like kinase, 53kDa) Identifiers Symbol TGFBR1 Alt. symbols ALK5 NCBI gene...
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    INHBB (section Activin)
    which in humans is encoded by the INHBB gene. INHBB is a subunit of both activin and inhibin, two closely related glycoproteins with opposing biological...
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    BMP and activin membrane-bound inhibitor homolog (Xenopus laevis), also known as BAMBI, is a protein which in humans is encoded by the BAMBI gene. This...
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    hormone (MIH), is a glycoprotein hormone structurally related to inhibin and activin from the transforming growth factor beta superfamily, whose key roles are...
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  • embryos. Activation of the Nodal pathway involves nodal binding to activin and activin-like receptors which leads to phosphorylation of the Smad2. The P-Smad2/Smad4...
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  • myostatin. It does not bind to active myostatin, activin A, active BMP9/10 or TGFβ1 that all operate on the activin type 2 receptors. Barrett, Doreen; Bilic,...
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    The activin A receptor also known as ACVR1C or ALK-7 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the ACVR1C gene. ACVR1C is a type I receptor for the TGFB...
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    physiology of inhibin and activin in pituitary and ovarian function in rodent and the effects of recombinant human inhibin and activin in primates. Woodruff...
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    Testis Testosterone AMH Inhibin Ovary Estradiol Progesterone Activin Inhibin Relaxin GnSAF Placenta hCG HPL Estrogen Progesterone...
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