Satellite cells and the muscle stem cell niche

H Yin, F Price, MA Rudnicki - Physiological reviews, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Adult skeletal muscle in mammals is a stable tissue under normal circumstances but has
remarkable ability to repair after injury. Skeletal muscle regeneration is a highly orchestrated …

Making muscle: skeletal myogenesis in vivo and in vitro

J Chal, O Pourquié - Development, 2017 - journals.biologists.com
Skeletal muscle is the largest tissue in the body and loss of its function or its regenerative
properties results in debilitating musculoskeletal disorders. Understanding the mechanisms …

Function of the myogenic regulatory factors Myf5, MyoD, Myogenin and MRF4 in skeletal muscle, satellite cells and regenerative myogenesis

PS Zammit - Seminars in cell & developmental biology, 2017 - Elsevier
Discovery of the myogenic regulatory factor family of transcription factors MYF5, MYOD,
Myogenin and MRF4 was a seminal step in understanding specification of the skeletal …

Building muscle: molecular regulation of myogenesis

CF Bentzinger, YX Wang… - Cold Spring Harbor …, 2012 - cshperspectives.cshlp.org
The genesis of skeletal muscle during embryonic development and postnatal life serves as a
paradigm for stem and progenitor cell maintenance, lineage specification, and terminal …

[HTML][HTML] The myogenic regulatory factors, determinants of muscle development, cell identity and regeneration

JM Hernández-Hernández, EG García-González… - Seminars in cell & …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The Myogenic Regulatory Factors (MRFs) Myf5, MyoD, myogenin and MRF4 are
members of the basic helix-loop-helix family of transcription factors that control the …

[PDF][PDF] Satellite cells and skeletal muscle regeneration

NA Dumont, CF Bentzinger, MC Sincennes… - Compr …, 2015 - researchgate.net
Skeletal muscles are essential for vital functions such as movement, postural support,
breathing, and thermogenesis. Muscle tissue is largely composed of long, postmitotic …

Asymmetric self-renewal and commitment of satellite stem cells in muscle

S Kuang, K Kuroda, F Le Grand, MA Rudnicki - Cell, 2007 - cell.com
Satellite cells play a central role in mediating the growth and regeneration of skeletal
muscle. However, whether satellite cells are stem cells, committed progenitors, or …

Satellite cells are essential for skeletal muscle regeneration: the cell on the edge returns centre stage

F Relaix, PS Zammit - Development, 2012 - journals.biologists.com
Following their discovery in 1961, it was speculated that satellite cells were dormant
myoblasts, held in reserve until required for skeletal muscle repair. Evidence for this …

Intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms regulating satellite cell function

NA Dumont, YX Wang, MA Rudnicki - Development, 2015 - journals.biologists.com
Muscle stem cells, termed satellite cells, are crucial for skeletal muscle growth and
regeneration. In healthy adult muscle, satellite cells are quiescent but poised for activation …

The skeletal muscle satellite cell: the stem cell that came in from the cold

PS Zammit, TA Partridge… - … of Histochemistry & …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
The muscle satellite cell was first described and actually named on the basis of its anatomic
location under the basement membrane surrounding each myofiber. For many years …