Preparing the ground for tissue regeneration: from mechanism to therapy

SJ Forbes, N Rosenthal - Nature medicine, 2014‏ - nature.com
Chronic diseases confer tissue and organ damage that reduce quality of life and are largely
refractory to therapy. Although stem cells hold promise for treating degenerative diseases …

Lying low but ready for action: the quiescent muscle satellite cell

D Montarras, A L'honoré, M Buckingham - The FEBS journal, 2013‏ - Wiley Online Library
The muscle satellite cell is essential for skeletal muscle regeneration. It is located on the
muscle fibre, under the basal lamina as a quiescent cell, which becomes activated after …

Dynamic ligand discrimination in the notch signaling pathway

N Nandagopal, LA Santat, L LeBon, D Sprinzak… - Cell, 2018‏ - cell.com
The Notch signaling pathway comprises multiple ligands that are used in distinct biological
contexts. In principle, different ligands could activate distinct target programs in signal …

Type-2 pericytes participate in normal and tumoral angiogenesis

A Birbrair, T Zhang, ZM Wang… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2014‏ - journals.physiology.org
Tissue growth and function depend on vascularization, and vascular insufficiency or excess
exacerbates many human diseases. Identification of the biological processes involved in …

Exosomal miR-9 inhibits angiogenesis by targeting MDK and regulating PDK/AKT pathway in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

J Lu, QH Liu, F Wang, JJ Tan, YQ Deng… - Journal of Experimental …, 2018‏ - Springer
Background Exosomes are small vesicles containing a wide range of functional proteins,
mRNA and miRNA. Exosomal miRNAs from cancer cells play crucial roles in mediating cell …

Live imaging of axolotl digit regeneration reveals spatiotemporal choreography of diverse connective tissue progenitor pools

JD Currie, A Kawaguchi, RM Traspas, M Schuez… - Developmental cell, 2016‏ - cell.com
Connective tissues—skeleton, dermis, pericytes, fascia—are a key cell source for
regenerating the patterned skeleton during axolotl appendage regeneration. This complexity …

Satellite cells: the architects of skeletal muscle

NC Chang, MA Rudnicki - Current topics in developmental biology, 2014‏ - Elsevier
The outstanding regenerative capacity of skeletal muscle is attributed to the resident muscle
stem cell termed satellite cell. Satellite cells are essential for skeletal muscle regeneration as …

The panniculus carnosus muscle: an evolutionary enigma at the intersection of distinct research fields

N Naldaiz‐Gastesi, OA Bahri… - Journal of …, 2018‏ - Wiley Online Library
The panniculus carnosus is a thin striated muscular layer intimately attached to the skin and
fascia of most mammals, where it provides skin twitching and contraction functions. In …

Skeletal and cardiac muscle pericytes: Functions and therapeutic potential

IR Murray, JE Baily, WCW Chen, A Dar… - Pharmacology & …, 2017‏ - Elsevier
Pericytes are periendothelial mesenchymal cells residing within the microvasculature.
Skeletal muscle and cardiac pericytes are now recognized to fulfill an increasing number of …

Single‐cell RNA‐sequencing provides insight into skeletal muscle evolution during the selection of muscle characteristics

D Xu, B Wan, K Qiu, Y Wang, X Zhang, N Jiao… - Advanced …, 2023‏ - Wiley Online Library
Skeletal muscle comprises a large, heterogeneous assortment of cell populations that
interact to maintain muscle homeostasis, but little is known about the mechanism that …