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Activin signaling as an emerging target for therapeutic interventions

Kunihiro Tsuchida1 email, Masashi Nakatani1 email, Keisuke Hitachi1 email, Akiyoshi Uezumi1 email, Yoshihide Sunada2 email, Hiroshi Ageta1,3 email and Kaoru Inokuchi3,4 email

Division for Therapies against Intractable Diseases, Institute for Comprehensive Medical Science (ICMS), Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Aichi 470-1192, Japan

Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Okayama 701-0192, Japan

Mitsubishi Kagaku Institute of Life Sciences, MITILS, 11 Minamiooya, Machida, Tokyo 194-8511, Japan

Japan Science and Technology Agency, CREST, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan

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Cell Communication and Signaling 2009, 7:15doi:10.1186/1478-811X-7-15

Published: 18 June 2009

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Additional file 1:

Table S1. Ligand/receptor combination for activin and related factors. The table provided represents the ligand/receptor combination for activins, inhibins, myostatin, GDF11 and nodal.

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Additional file 2:

Table S2. Activin signaling as a target for therapeutic interventions. The table provided represents activin signaling as a target for therapeutic interventions and lists the disease, therapeutic strategy, methods and references.

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