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Myostatin is a protein that negatively regulates muscle growth and plays a key role in adipogenesis, the development of fat tissue from stem cells; it can either inhibit or promote adipogenesis depending on the situation and due to its potential to control body fat mass, researchers are interested in myostatin.

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Myostatin is a protein that negatively regulates muscle growth and plays a key role in adipogenesis, the development of fat tissue from stem cells; it can either inhibit or promote adipogenesis depending on the situation and due to its potential to control body fat mass, researchers are interested in myostatin.

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Myostatin (MSTN), also referred to as growth and differentiation

factor-8, is a protein secreted in muscle tissues. Researchers believe


that its primary function is in negatively regulating muscle because a
mutation in its coding region can lead to the famous double muscle
trait in cattle. Muscle and adipose tissue develop from the same
mesenchymal stem cells, and researchers have found that MSTN is
expressed in fat tissues and plays a key role in adipogenesis.
Interestingly, MSTN can exert a dual function, either inhibiting or
promoting adipogenesis, according to the situation. Due to its
potential function in controlling body fat mass, MSTN has attracted
the interest of researchers. In this review, we explore its function in
regulating adipogenesis in mammals, including preadipocytes,
multipotent stem cells and fat mass.

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