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ArticleNature aging2026

Contractile myografts confer systemic anti-aging benefits.

Xupeng Liu, Ziyue Yao, Liping Zhang, Peng Wang, Siyu Guo, Honglin Xiang, Pengbin Yin, Ng Shyh-Chang

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Article in Nature aging, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Xupeng Liu *State Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Ziyue Yao *State Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Liping Zhang *State Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Peng Wang *State Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Siyu GuoState Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
Honglin XiangNational Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Department of Orthopedics, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China.
Pengbin YinNational Clinical Research Center for Orthopedics, Sports Medicine & Rehabilitation, Department of Orthopedics, Chinese PLA General Hospital, Beijing, China. yinpengbin@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5391-4477
Ng Shyh-ChangState Key Laboratory of Organ Regeneration and Reconstruction, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. huangsq@ioz.ac.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3138-9525

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Skeletal muscle is the main motor organ and plays a vital role in regulating systemic metabolism and aging. Exercise interventions can address many metabolic and degenerative diseases associated with aging, though alternative strategies may be needed when exercise is contraindicated, inaccessible or insufficient. Here we developed subcutaneous transplantation of differentiated autologous myocytes (myografts). Myografts exhibited mature, vascularized structures that self-contract continuously in mice. Myografts improve whole-body muscle mass and function, and metabolic and regenerative outcomes in aging and obese mouse models. In addition, myografts provide a stable source of virally transduced therapeutic proteins, such as parathyroid hormone and growth hormone, which may counteract bone or muscle loss without observed side effects. This approach opens a path for the application of cell and gene therapy in the treatment of diseases of aging.

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AgingMuscle, SkeletalAnimalsMiceMice, Inbred C57BLObesityParathyroid HormoneParathyroid Hormone

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PMID42649412

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