Fibro-adipogenic progenitors in skeletal muscle homeostasis, regeneration and diseases

T Molina, P Fabre, NA Dumont - Open biology, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Skeletal muscle possesses a remarkable regenerative capacity that relies on the activity of
muscle stem cells, also known as satellite cells. The presence of non-myogenic cells also …

Origins, potency, and heterogeneity of skeletal muscle fibro-adipogenic progenitors—time for new definitions

O Contreras, FMV Rossi, M Theret - Skeletal Muscle, 2021 - Springer
Striated muscle is a highly plastic and regenerative organ that regulates body movement,
temperature, and metabolism—all the functions needed for an individual's health and well …

Single-nucleus cross-tissue molecular reference maps toward understanding disease gene function

G Eraslan, E Drokhlyansky, S Anand, E Fiskin… - Science, 2022 - science.org
Understanding gene function and regulation in homeostasis and disease requires
knowledge of the cellular and tissue contexts in which genes are expressed. Here, we …

[HTML][HTML] Bidirectional roles of skeletal muscle fibro-adipogenic progenitors in homeostasis and disease

W Chen, W You, TG Valencak, T Shan - Ageing Research Reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Sarcopenia and myopathies cause progressive muscle weakness and degeneration, which
are closely associated with fat infiltration and fibrosis in muscle. Recently, experimental …

Automatic and unbiased segmentation and quantification of myofibers in skeletal muscle

A Waisman, AM Norris, M Elías Costa, D Kopinke - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
Skeletal muscle has the remarkable ability to regenerate. However, with age and disease
muscle strength and function decline. Myofiber size, which is affected by injury and disease …

Evolving roles of muscle-resident fibro-adipogenic progenitors in health, regeneration, neuromuscular disorders, and aging

M Theret, FMV Rossi, O Contreras - Frontiers in Physiology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Normal skeletal muscle functions are affected following trauma, chronic diseases, inherited
neuromuscular disorders, aging, and cachexia, hampering the daily activities and quality of …

Signaling pathways regulating the fate of fibro/adipogenic progenitors (FAPs) in skeletal muscle regeneration and disease

G Giuliani, M Rosina, A Reggio - The FEBS journal, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The characterization of fibro/adipogenic progenitor cells (FAPs) in the skeletal muscle has
contributed to modify the monocentric view of muscle regeneration beyond muscle satellite …

[HTML][HTML] TGF-β–driven muscle degeneration and failed regeneration underlie disease onset in a DMD mouse model

DAG Mázala, JS Novak, MW Hogarth, M Nearing… - JCI insight, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a chronic muscle disease characterized by poor
myogenesis and replacement of muscle by extracellular matrix. Despite the shared genetic …

A discrete 'early-responder'stromal-cell subtype orchestrates immunocyte recruitment to injured tissue

OK Yaghi, BS Hanna, PK Langston, DA Michelson… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Following acute injury, stromal cells promote tissue regeneration by a diversity of
mechanisms. Time-resolved single-cell RNA sequencing of muscle mesenchymal stromal …

Interactions between muscle and bone—where physics meets biology

M Herrmann, K Engelke, R Ebert, S Müller-Deubert… - Biomolecules, 2020 - mdpi.com
Muscle and bone interact via physical forces and secreted osteokines and myokines.
Physical forces are generated through gravity, locomotion, exercise, and external devices …