During development, stem and progenitor cells gradually commit to differentiation pathways.
Cell fate decisions are regulated by differentiation factors, which activate transcription …

Skeletal muscle regeneration is a coordinate process in which several factors are
sequentially activated to maintain and preserve muscle structure and function. The major …

Frailty is a potentially reversible state of increased vulnerability to negative health-related
outcomes that occurs as a result of multisystem biological impairment and environmental …

Although adult skeletal muscle is composed of fully differentiated fibers, it retains the
capacity to regenerate in response to injury and to modify its contractile and metabolic …

Aims Myostatin (Mstn), a member of the transforming growth factors (TGF)‐β family that
regulate skeletal muscle growth, has been identified as a regulator of cardiomyocyte growth …

In the past few years considerable progress regarding the knowledge of the human genome
map has been achieved. As a result, attempts to use gene therapy in patients' management …

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by the infiltration of a number of pro-inflammatory
cytokines into synovial fluid and patients with RA often develop joint destruction and deficits …

Nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) is a type of nanomaterial based on renewable resources and
produced by mechanical disintegration without chemicals. NFC is a potential reinforcing …

The age-related loss of muscle mass and strength also known as sarcopenia is significantly
influenced by life style factors such as physical inactivity and impaired nutrition. Cigarette …

Background and purpose: Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a lethal X-linked recessive
muscle dystrophy, is resulted in by different mutations including mostly frame-shifting gross …