Skeletal muscle regeneration and the mitotic clock.
Exp Gerontol
; 35(6-7): 711-9, 2000 Sep.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-11053661
ABSTRACT
Regeneration of muscle fibers following damage requires activation of quiescent satellite cells, their proliferation and finally their differentiation and fusion into multinucleated myotubes, which after maturation will replace the damaged fiber. The regenerative potential of human skeletal muscle will be determined, at least partly, by the proliferative capacity of the satellite cells. In this study, we have measured the proliferative life span of human satellite cells until they reach senescence. These analyses were performed on cell populations isolated from old and young donors as well as from one child suffering from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, where extensive regeneration had occurred. In order to see if there are any age-related changes in the myogenic program we have also compared the program of myogenic differentiation expressed by satellite cells from these subjects at different stages of their proliferative lifespan.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Regeneration
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Muscle, Skeletal
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Mitosis
Limits:
Aged
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Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Language:
En
Journal:
Exp Gerontol
Year:
2000
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Francia