Microplastic exposure induces muscle growth but reduces meat quality and muscle physiological function in chickens

J Chen, G Chen, H Peng, L Qi, D Zhang, Q Nie… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastic (MP) pollution has become one of the global environmental concerns, but the
contamination and effect of MP on chicken skeletal muscle are scarcely researched. Here …

Division-Independent Differentiation of Muscle Stem Cells During a Growth Stimulus

A Ismaeel, J Goh, CB Mobley, KA Murach, JO Brett… - Stem Cells, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Adult muscle stem cells (MuSCs) are known to replicate upon activation before
differentiating and fusing to regenerate myofibers. It is unclear whether MuSC differentiation …

New genomic insights into the conformation of Lipizzan horses

AI Gmel, G Brem, M Neuditschko - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Conformation traits are important selection criteria in equine breeding, as they describe the
exterior aspects of the horse (height, joint angles, shape). However, the genetic architecture …

Large scale serum proteomics identifies proteins associated with performance decline and clinical milestones in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

NA Ikelaar, AM Barnard, SWM Eng, SH Vajargah… - medRxiv, 2024 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Serum biomarkers are promising minimally invasive outcome measures in clinical studies in
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). However, biomarkers strongly associated with …