Several myotoxins have been isolated from Bothrops snake venoms during the last 10
years. All of them are group II basic phospholipases A2, although some lack enzymatic …

Skeletal muscle fibres are multinucleated cells that contain postmitotic nuclei (ie they are no
longer able to divide) and perform muscle contraction. They are formed by fusion of muscle …

Urodele amphibians regenerate appendages through the recruitment of progenitor cells into
a blastema that rebuilds the lost tissue. Blastemal formation is accompanied by extensive …

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) cooperatively degrade all components of the extracellular
matrix (ECM). Remodeling of ECM during skeletal muscle degeneration and regeneration …

H36 is a 120,000-D membrane glycoprotein that is expressed during the differentiation of
skeletal muscle. H36 cDNA clones were isolated from a lambda UniZapXR rat myotube …

✓ Nerve grafts composed of basal lamina scaffolds and lacking viable Schwann cells have
recently been shown to be effective in supporting axonal regeneration. As only short grafts …

Striated respiratory muscles are necessary for lung ventilation and to maintain the patency of
the upper airway. The basic structural and functional properties of respiratory muscles are …

Proliferating skeletal myoblasts show multiple specific responses to laminin, one of the
major glycoprotein components of basement membranes. Using MM14Dy myoblasts, a …

Regenerative capacity of skeletal muscle declines with age, the cause of which remains
largely unknown. We investigated extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and their regulators …

Regeneration of several adult rat and mouse skeletal muscles was studied after
degeneration of muscle fibers had been obtained by the selective action of the cardiotoxin of …