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ReviewAdvances in experimental medicine and biology2025

Skeletal Muscle Damage and Inflammation.

Tyrone A Washington, Eleanor R Schrems

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Review in Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. [EstradiolZhong nan da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Central South University. Medical sciences · 2026
    Article
  2. Regenerative Medicine: Advanced Therapy for Muscle Tissue Restoration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Tyrone A WashingtonExercise Muscle Biology Laboratory, Exercise Science Research Center, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA. tawashin@uark.edu.
Eleanor R SchremsExercise Muscle Biology Laboratory, Exercise Science Research Center, Department of Health, Human Performance and Recreation, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle is an extremely plastic tissue that can respond to a variety of insults. If the insult is sufficient, it may reduce damage to the skeletal muscle. Damage to skeletal muscle is associated with an inflammatory response. This inflammatory response is required for optimal regeneration. There are several models used to induce damage to skeletal muscle from eccentric muscle actions to myotoxin injections. While the method of inducing damage may vary the inflammatory response is similar. Upon damage, circulating immune cells are activated and infiltrate the tissue. The first to arrive is the neutrophil followed by the macrophage. The neutrophil clears debris and releases pro-inflammatory signals which facilitate the recruitment of macrophages. Macrophages are recruited and begin as pro-inflammatory macrophages (M1) continuing to facilitate the clearance of debris before macrophage polarization occurs in which they become anti-inflammatory macrophage (M2). The anti-inflammatory macrophages facilitate the myogenic response critical for optimal regeneration. Disruptions to the inflammatory response will directly affect the ability of the skeletal muscle to recover from injury.

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InflammationMuscle, SkeletalAnimalsHumansMacrophagesNeutrophilsRegenerationInjuryMacrophageNatural killer cellsNeutrophils

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