Tissue stem cells: architects of their niches

E Fuchs, HM Blau - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
Stem cells (SCs) maintain tissue homeostasis and repair wounds. Despite marked variation
in tissue architecture and regenerative demands, SCs often follow similar paradigms in …

Orienting muscle stem cells for regeneration in homeostasis, aging, and disease

P Feige, CE Brun, M Ritso, MA Rudnicki - Cell stem cell, 2018 - cell.com
Muscle stem cells, or satellite cells, are required for skeletal muscle maintenance, growth,
and repair. Following satellite cell activation, several factors drive asymmetric cell division to …

Stem cells in the treatment of disease

HM Blau, GQ Daley - New England Journal of Medicine, 2019 - Mass Medical Soc
Stem-Cell Research and Clinical Application Stem cells have been the focus of hope, hype,
and a great deal of research. But what exactly is a stem cell, and what are its uses? This …

A reference single-cell transcriptomic atlas of human skeletal muscle tissue reveals bifurcated muscle stem cell populations

AJ De Micheli, JA Spector, O Elemento, BD Cosgrove - Skeletal muscle, 2020 - Springer
Single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) facilitates the unbiased reconstruction of
multicellular tissue systems in health and disease. Here, we present a curated scRNA-seq …

The emergence of the stem cell niche

MR Hicks, AD Pyle - Trends in cell biology, 2023 - cell.com
Stem cell niches are composed of dynamic microenvironments that support stem cells over a
lifetime. The emerging niche is distinct from the adult because its main role is to support the …

A human skeletal muscle atlas identifies the trajectories of stem and progenitor cells across development and from human pluripotent stem cells

H Xi, J Langerman, S Sabri, P Chien, CS Young… - Cell stem cell, 2020 - cell.com
The developmental trajectory of human skeletal myogenesis and the transition between
progenitor and stem cell states are unclear. We used single-cell RNA sequencing to profile …

Resolvin-D2 targets myogenic cells and improves muscle regeneration in Duchenne muscular dystrophy

J Dort, Z Orfi, P Fabre, T Molina, TC Conte… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Lack of dystrophin causes muscle degeneration, which is exacerbated by chronic
inflammation and reduced regenerative capacity of muscle stem cells in Duchenne Muscular …

ERBB3 and NGFR mark a distinct skeletal muscle progenitor cell in human development and hPSCs

MR Hicks, J Hiserodt, K Paras, W Fujiwara, A Eskin… - Nature cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) can be directed to differentiate into skeletal muscle
progenitor cells (SMPCs). However, the myogenicity of hPSC-SMPCs relative to human fetal …

Functionally heterogeneous human satellite cells identified by single cell RNA sequencing

E Barruet, SM Garcia, K Striedinger, J Wu, S Lee… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Although heterogeneity is recognized within the murine satellite cell pool, a comprehensive
understanding of distinct subpopulations and their functional relevance in human satellite …

Clearance of defective muscle stem cells by senolytics restores myogenesis in myotonic dystrophy type 1

TC Conte, G Duran-Bishop, Z Orfi, I Mokhtari… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Muscle stem cells, the engine of muscle repair, are affected in myotonic dystrophy type 1
(DM1); however, the underlying molecular mechanism and the impact on the disease …