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ReviewPhilosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences2011

Stem cells for skeletal muscle repair.

Jennifer L Shadrach, Amy J Wagers

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Review in Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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46citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Jennifer L ShadrachDepartment of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Harvard University and Joslin Diabetes Center, Bauer Center, 7 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.
Amy J Wagers
Harvard University · USJoslin Diabetes Center · US

Funding

Reversing age-related dysfunction of skeletal muscle stem cellsR01AG033053 · NIA · JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER · PI WAGERS, AMY JO · 2009 to 2014
$2.0M
Howard Hughes Medical InstituteNIA NIH HHS AG033053NIA NIH HHS R01 AG033053
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle is a highly specialized tissue composed of non-dividing, multi-nucleated muscle fibres that contract to generate force in a controlled and directed manner. Skeletal muscle is formed during embryogenesis from a subset of muscle precursor cells, which generate both differentiated muscle fibres and specialized muscle-forming stem cells known as satellite cells. Satellite cells remain associated with muscle fibres after birth and are responsible for muscle growth and repair throughout life. Failure in satellite cell function can lead to delayed, impaired or failed recovery after muscle injury, and such failures become increasingly prominent in cases of progressive muscle disease and in old age. Recent progress in the isolation of muscle satellite cells and elucidation of the cellular and molecular mediators controlling their activity indicate that these cells represent promising therapeutic targets. Such satellite cell-based therapies may involve either direct cell replacement or development of drugs that enhance endogenous muscle repair mechanisms. Here, we discuss recent breakthroughs in understanding both the cell intrinsic and extrinsic regulators that determine the formation and function of muscle satellite cells, as well as promising paths forward to realizing their full therapeutic potential.

Indexed as

Drug DiscoveryHumansMuscle, SkeletalSatellite Cells, Skeletal MuscleStem CellsStem Cell Transplantation

Identifiers

PMID21727135
PMCPMC3130421
OpenAlexW2127247844

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