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ArticleAdvanced biology2024

Tracking of Nascent Matrix Deposition during Muscle Stem Cell Activation across Lifespan Using Engineered Hydrogels.

Pamela Duran, Benjamin A Yang, Eleanor Plaster, Madeline Eiken, Claudia Loebel, Carlos A Aguilar

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Article in Advanced biology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nascent Extracellular Matrix Converts Biomaterial Cues into Cell Fate Decisions.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Pamela DuranDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Benjamin A YangDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Eleanor PlasterDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Madeline EikenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Claudia LoebelDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Carlos A AguilarDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3830-0634
University of Michigan · US

Funding

Research Education CoreP30AG024824 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI Neil Alexander · 2004 to 2026
$29.2M
3M FoundationCongressionally Directed Medical Research Programs W81XWH2010336Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs W81XWH2110491Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency D20AC0002Genentech Research AwardHevolution HF-AGEInterior Business CenterNational Science Foundation 2045977NIA NIH HHS P30 AG024824University of Michigan Geriatrics CenterU.S. Department of the Interior
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adult stem cells occupy a niche that contributes to their function, but how stem cells rebuild their microenvironment after injury remains an open-ended question. Herein, biomaterial-based systems and metabolic labeling are utilized to evaluate how skeletal muscle stem cells deposit extracellular matrix. Muscle stem cells and committed myoblasts are observed to generate less nascent matrix than muscle resident fibro-adipogenic progenitors. When cultured on substrates that matched the stiffness of physiological uninjured and injured muscles, muscle stem cells increased nascent matrix deposition with activation kinetics. Reducing the ability to deposit nascent matrix by an inhibitor of vesicle trafficking (Exo-1) attenuated muscle stem cell function and mimicked impairments observed from muscle stem cells isolated from old muscles. Old muscle stem cells are observed to deposit less nascent matrix than young muscle stem cells, which is rescued with therapeutic supplementation of insulin-like growth factors. These results highlight the role of nascent matrix production with muscle stem cell activation.

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Extracellular MatrixHydrogelsAnimalsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedMiceMuscle, SkeletalStem CellsHydrogelsbiomaterialsextracellular matrixhyaluronic acidprotein labelingskeletal muscle

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PMID38616175
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