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Isolation, Culture, and Transplantation of Muscle Satellite Cells
Published on: April 9, 2014
Satellite cells, the engines of muscle repair
Yu Xin Wang1, Michael A Rudnicki
1Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Ottawa, 501 Smyth Road Ottawa, Ontario K1H 8L6, Canada.
Abstract:
Satellite cells are a heterogeneous population of stem and progenitor cells that are required for the growth, maintenance and regeneration of skeletal muscle. The transcription factors paired-box 3 (PAX3) and PAX7 have essential and overlapping roles in myogenesis. PAX3 acts to specify embryonic muscle precursors, whereas PAX7 enforces the satellite cell myogenic programme while maintaining the undifferentiated state. Recent experiments have suggested that PAX7 is dispensable in adult satellite cells. However, these findings are controversial, and the issue remains unresolved.
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