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ArticleFASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology2015

The effects of an ActRIIb receptor Fc fusion protein ligand trap in juvenile simian immunodeficiency virus-infected rhesus macaques.

Karyn E O'Connell, Wen Guo, Carlo Serra, Matthew Beck, Lynn Wachtman, Amber Hoggatt, Dongling Xia, Chris Pearson, Heather Knight, Micheal O'Connell and 3 more

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Article in FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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13 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Karyn E O'Connell*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Wen Guo*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Carlo Serra*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Matthew Beck*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Lynn Wachtman*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Amber Hoggatt*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Dongling Xia*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Chris Pearson*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Heather Knight*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Micheal O'Connell*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Andrew D Miller*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Susan V Westmoreland*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Shalender Bhasin*Department of Comparative Pathology, New England Primate Research Center, Southborough, Massachusetts, USA; and Research Program in Men's Health: Aging and Metabolism, Boston Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA sbhasin@partners.org.
New England Biolabs (United States) · USHarvard University · USBrigham and Women's Hospital · US

Funding

Mechanism of Myostatin ActionR01DK078512 · NIDDK · BRIGHAM AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL · PI BHASIN, SHALENDER · 2009 to 2013
$3.2M
Research Training in Veterinary & Comparative PathologyT32OD011064 · OD · HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL · PI SPEALMAN, ROGER D · 2012 to 2014
$694k
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK078512NIH HHS T32 OD011064NIH HHS T32-OD011064
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are no approved therapies for muscle wasting in children infected with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which portends poor disease outcomes. To determine whether a soluble ActRIIb receptor Fc fusion protein (ActRIIB.Fc), a ligand trap for TGF-β/activin family members including myostatin, can prevent or restore loss of lean body mass and body weight in simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)-infected juvenile rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta). Fourteen pair-housed, juvenile male rhesus macaques were inoculated with SIVmac239 and, 4 wk postinoculation (WPI) treated with intramuscular injections of 10 mg ⋅ kg(-1) ⋅ wk(-1) ActRIIB.Fc or saline placebo. Body weight, lean body mass, SIV titers, and somatometric measurements were assessed monthly for 16 wk. Age-matched SIV-infected rhesus macaques were injected with saline. Intervention groups did not differ at baseline. Gains in lean mass were significantly greater in the ActRIIB.Fc group than in the placebo group (P < 0.001). Administration of ActRIIB.Fc was associated with greater gains in body weight (P = 0.01) and upper arm circumference than placebo. Serum CD4(+) T-lymphocyte counts and SIV copy numbers did not differ between groups. Administration of ActRIIB.Fc was associated with higher muscle expression of myostatin than placebo. ActRIIB.Fc effectively blocked and reversed loss of body weight, lean mass, and fat mass in juvenile SIV-infected rhesus macaques.

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Simian Immunodeficiency VirusActivin Receptors, Type IIAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalHematocritHIV Wasting SyndromeHumansImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsLigandsMacaca mulattaMaleMuscle, SkeletalMyostatinRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRNA, MessengerSimian Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeActivin Receptors, Type IIactivin receptor type II-BImmunoglobulin Fc FragmentsLigandsMyostatinRecombinant Fusion ProteinsRNA, MessengerTransforming Growth Factor betaAIDScachexiaHIVmuscle wastingnonhuman primate

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PMID25466897
PMCPMC4396606
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