Macrophages provide a transient muscle stem cell niche via NAMPT secretion

D Ratnayake, PD Nguyen, FJ Rossello, VC Wimmer… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
Skeletal muscle regenerates through the activation of resident stem cells. Termed satellite
cells, these normally quiescent cells are induced to proliferate by wound-derived signals …

Differentially activated macrophages orchestrate myogenic precursor cell fate during human skeletal muscle regeneration

M Saclier, H Yacoub-Youssef, AL Mackey, L Arnold… - Stem …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Macrophages (MPs) exert either beneficial or deleterious effects on tissue repair, depending
on their activation/polarization state. They are crucial for adult skeletal muscle repair, notably …

The central role of muscle stem cells in regenerative failure with aging

HM Blau, BD Cosgrove, ATV Ho - Nature medicine, 2015 - nature.com
Skeletal muscle mass, function, and repair capacity all progressively decline with aging,
restricting mobility, voluntary function, and quality of life. Skeletal muscle repair is facilitated …

Inhibition of inflammatory CCR2 signaling promotes aged muscle regeneration and strength recovery after injury

RS Blanc, JG Kallenbach, JF Bachman… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Muscle regeneration depends on a robust albeit transient inflammatory response. Persistent
inflammation is a feature of age-related regenerative deficits, yet the underlying mechanisms …

Regenerating human skeletal muscle forms an emerging niche in vivo to support PAX7 cells

MR Hicks, KK Saleh, B Clock, DE Gibbs, M Yang… - Nature Cell …, 2023 - nature.com
Skeletal muscle stem and progenitor cells including those derived from human pluripotent
stem cells (hPSCs) offer an avenue towards personalized therapies and readily fuse to form …

Early satellite cell communication creates a permissive environment for long-term muscle growth

KA Murach, BD Peck, RA Policastro, IJ Vechetti… - Iscience, 2021 - cell.com
Using in vivo muscle stem cell (satellite cell)-specific extracellular vesicle (EV) tracking,
satellite cell depletion, in vitro cell culture, and single-cell RNA sequencing, we show …

Neural cell adhesion molecule (NCAM) marks adult myogenic cells committed to differentiation

KL Capkovic, S Stevenson, MC Johnson… - Experimental cell …, 2008 - Elsevier
Although recent advances in broad-scale gene expression analysis have dramatically
increased our knowledge of the repertoire of mRNAs present in multiple cell types, it has …

Incorporation of macrophages into engineered skeletal muscle enables enhanced muscle regeneration

M Juhas, N Abutaleb, JT Wang, J Ye, Z Shaikh… - Nature biomedical …, 2018 - nature.com
Adult skeletal muscle has a robust capacity for self-repair, owing to synergies between
muscle satellite cells and the immune system. In vitro models of muscle self-repair would …

Combination of inflammation-related cytokines promotes long-term muscle stem cell expansion

X Fu, J Xiao, Y Wei, S Li, Y Liu, J Yin, K Sun, H Sun… - Cell research, 2015 - nature.com
Muscle stem cells (MuSCs, satellite cells) are the major contributor to muscle regeneration.
Like most adult stem cells, long-term expansion of MuSCs in vitro is difficult. The in vivo …

Asymmetric division of clonal muscle stem cells coordinates muscle regeneration in vivo

DB Gurevich, PD Nguyen, AL Siegel, OV Ehrlich… - Science, 2016 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Mammalian skeletal muscle harbors tissue-specific stem cells that are
triggered to replace damaged fibers after injury. Genetic ablation of satellite cells in the …