“…Follistatin (FST) is a regulatory glycoprotein with a myriad of biologic functions in humans (Ueno et al, 1987;Kogure et al, 1995Kogure et al, , 1996Fuwii et al, 2005;Fumagalli et al, 2007;Kota et al, 2009). It is involved in the regulation of early fetal development and cellular differentiation, regulating follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone release and action (Carroll et al, 1991;Barakat et al, 2008;Aroua et al, 2012), wound healing (Fumagalli et al, 2007), tissue regeneration and repair, including bone, muscle, and skin (Inoue et al, 1994;Funaba et al, 1996;Gajos-Michniewicz et al, 2010, and limiting cancer cellular proliferation (Ogino et al, 2008;Tumminello et al, 2010;Karve et al, 2012;Ren et al, 2012;Sepporta et al, 2013).…”