Gene Expression: MSTN

Gene Data

  • Gene Symbol: MSTN
  • Gene ID: 2660
  • Synonyms: GDF8, MSLHP
  • Description: myostatin
  • Database Refs: HGNC:4223, MIM:601788, Ensembl:ENSG00000138379, HPRD:03474, Vega:OTTHUMG00000132663
  • Links: Allen Brain Atlas,NCBI, GeneCards
Splicing Dynamics: DEXseq identifies changes in 3 out of 3 exons in this gene. (More about DEXSeq here)

Cluster Associations

This gene is associated with the following clusters:

Disease Associations

This gene is associated with the following diseases. Clicking on the disease will take you to the disease association entry for that disease.

This gene is associated with 34 diseases, scroll to view all:
  1. Anterior horn cell disease
  2. Atrophic muscular disease
  3. Carbohydrate metabolism disease
  4. Central nervous system hereditary degene
  5. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
  6. Congenital muscular dystrophy
  7. Diabetes mellitus
  8. Disease
  9. Disease of anatomical entity
  10. Disease of metabolism
  11. Duchenne muscular dystrophy
  12. Endocrine pancreas disease
  13. Endocrine system disease
  14. Gastrointestinal system disease
  15. Glucose metabolism disease
  16. Heart disease
  17. Heart failure
  18. Inclusion body myositis
  19. limb-girdle muscular dystrophy
  20. Motor neuron disease
  21. Muscle tissue disease
  22. Muscular atrophy
  23. Muscular disease
  24. Muscular dystrophy
  25. Musculoskeletal system disease
  26. Myoblastoma
  27. Myopathy
  28. Myopathy of critical illness
  29. Myositis
  30. Nervous system disease
  31. Neuromuscular disease
  32. Neuropathy
  33. Pancreas disease
  34. Thomsen disease

Stage Associations

This gene is associated with the following stages: