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ACE-031 is a black market drug that can inhibit myostatin, thus increasing muscle mass and potentially enhancing performance. Authors examined the contents of ACE-031 products and developed a protocol to detect ACE-031 in serum. 🚫💊 🧪

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Gel Electrophoretic Detection of Black Market ACE‐031
This article presents a study on black market ACE-031 products and their detection by gel-electrophoresis and Western blotting. Of the 14 tested products, only 12 contained an ACVR2B-immunoreactive p....
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July 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I missed this paper, which might put an end to some misunderstanding about Notch and DLK:
"Here, we show that DLK1 does not bind to Notch receptors or affect ligand-mediated Notch activation, but instead engages the TGF-β superfamily Activin receptor type 2B (ACVR2B)."
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Molecular mechanism of Activin receptor inhibition by DLK1 - Nature Communications
Current models suggest that DLK1 is an inhibitory ligand in the Notch pathway. Here, the authors show that DLK1 does not interact with Notch receptors, instead blocking Activin signaling via an interaction with Activin receptor type-2B.
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September 25, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Splicing of erythroid transcription factor is associated with therapeutic response in myelodysplastic syndromes
Anemia is the primary clinical manifestation of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDSs), but the molecular pathogenesis of ineffective erythropoiesis remains incompletely understood. Luspatercept, an activin receptor 2B (ACVRIIB-Fc) ligand trap, has been approved to treat anemia; however, its molecular mechanism of action is unclear. We found that activin receptor 2B (ACVR2B), its ligand growth and differentiation factor 11 (GDF11), and an effector, SMAD2, are upregulated in samples of patients with MDS. GDF11 inhibited human erythropoiesis in vitro and caused anemia in zebrafish, effects that were abrogated by luspatercept. Upon GDF11 stimulation of human erythroid progenitors, SMAD2 binding occurred in the erythroid regulatory regions, including at the GATA1 intron. Intronic SMAD2-binding led to skipping of exon 2 of GATA1, resulting in a shorter, hypomorphic isoform (GATA1s). CRISPR deletion of the SMAD2-binding intronic region decreased GATA1s production upon GDF11 stimulation. Expression of GATA1s in a mouse model led to anemia, rescued by a murine ActRIIB-Fc (RAP-536). Finally, RNA-Seq analysis of samples from the phase 3 MEDALIST trial revealed that responders to luspatercept had a higher proportion of GATA1s compared with nonresponders. Moreover, the increase in RBCs after treatment was linked to a relative decrease in GATA1s isoforms. Our study indicates that GDF11-mediated SMAD2 activation results in an increase in functionally impaired GATA1 isoforms, consequently contributing to anemia and influencing responses to luspatercept in MDS.
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July 3, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Acvr2b receptors transduce all BMP signaling in the zebrafish gastrula and restrict Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva ACVR1-R206H signaling in a dose-dependent manner https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680911v1
October 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Acvr2b receptors transduce all BMP signaling in the zebrafish gastrula and restrict Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva ACVR1-R206H signaling in a dose-dependent manner https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2025.10.07.680911v1
October 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Acvr2b receptors transduce all BMP signaling in the zebrafish gastrula and restrict Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva ACVR1-R206H signaling in a dosedependent manner. JH Patel et al. bioRxiv 7 Oct 2023 shorturl.at/Gt0ZZ …interesting model
Acvr2b receptors transduce all BMP signaling in the zebrafish gastrula and restrict Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva ACVR1-R206H signaling in a dose-dependent manner
BMP signaling drives dorsoventral (DV) axial patterning in vertebrates and invertebrates, with BMP dimers recruiting tetrameric receptor complexes to phosphorylate SMADs that activate ventral target g...
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October 12, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Combined rapamycin and iMSC-mediated delivery of ACVR2B-Fc fusion protein reduces heterotopic ossification in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. Pan Gao et al. JBMR Plus 21 April 2025 tinyurl.com/ys7ptjn4 …can reduce primary HO and surgery-induced HO in FOP mice
Combined rapamycin and iMSC-mediated delivery of ACVR2B-Fc fusion protein reduces heterotopic ossification in fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva
Abstract. Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) is a genetic disease characterized by extraskeletal heterotopic ossification (HO). The underlying mec
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April 25, 2025 at 10:38 AM