Perspectives on skeletal muscle stem cells

F Relaix, M Bencze, MJ Borok, A Der Vartanian… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Skeletal muscle has remarkable regeneration capabilities, mainly due to its resident muscle
stem cells (MuSCs). In this review, we introduce recently developed technologies and the …

The Duchenne muscular dystrophy gene and cancer

L Jones, M Naidoo, LR Machado, K Anthony - Cellular Oncology, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Mutation of the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) gene causes
Duchenne and Becker muscular dystrophy, degenerative neuromuscular disorders that …

Clinicopathologic and molecular analysis of embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma of the genitourinary tract: evidence for a distinct DICER1-associated subgroup

FKF Kommoss, D Stichel, J Mora, M Esteller… - Modern …, 2021 - nature.com
Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma (ERMS) of the uterus has recently been shown to frequently
harbor DICER1 mutations. Interestingly, only rare cases of extrauterine DICER1-associated …

Increased susceptibility to cerebral microhemorrhages is associated with imaging signs of microvascular degeneration in the retina in an insulin-like growth factor 1 …

LR Miller, S Tarantini, Á Nyúl-Tóth… - Frontiers in Aging …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Age-related cerebrovascular defects contribute to vascular cognitive impairment and
dementia (VCID) as well as other forms of dementia. There has been great interest in …

PRMT5 mediates FoxO1 methylation and subcellular localization to regulate lipophagy in myogenic progenitors

KH Kim, SN Oprescu, MM Snyder, A Kim, Z Jia, F Yue… - Cell reports, 2023 - cell.com
Development is regulated by various factors, including protein methylation status. While
PRMT5 is well known for its roles in oncogenesis by mediating symmetric di-methylation of …

[HTML][HTML] Injury primes mutation-bearing astrocytes for dedifferentiation in later life

HS Ragdale, M Clements, W Tang, E Deltcheva… - Current Biology, 2023 - cell.com
Despite their latent neurogenic potential, most normal parenchymal astrocytes fail to
dedifferentiate to neural stem cells in response to injury. In contrast, aberrant lineage …

Empowering muscle stem cells for the treatment of duchenne muscular dystrophy

RL Filippelli, NC Chang - Cells Tissues Organs, 2022 - karger.com
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a devastating and debilitating muscle degenerative
disease affecting 1 in every 3,500 male births worldwide. DMD is progressive and fatal; …

[HTML][HTML] The CARM1 transcriptome and arginine methylproteome mediate skeletal muscle integrative biology

DW Stouth, NG Hartel, G Vasam, SY Ng, EK Webb… - Molecular …, 2022 - Elsevier
Objective Coactivator-associated arginine methyltransferase 1 (CARM1) catalyzes the
methylation of arginine residues on target proteins to regulate critical processes in health …

Constricted migration modulates stem cell differentiation

LR Smith, J Irianto, Y Xia, CR Pfeifer… - Molecular biology of the …, 2019 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Tissue regeneration at an injured site depends on proliferation, migration, and differentiation
of resident stem or progenitor cells, but solid tissues are often sufficiently dense and …

Preclinical in vivo modeling of pediatric sarcoma—promises and limitations

R Imle, FKF Kommoss, A Banito - Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Pediatric sarcomas are an extremely heterogeneous group of genetically distinct diseases.
Despite the increasing knowledge on their molecular makeup in recent years, true …