• These cells represent the oldest known adult stem cell niche, and are involved in the normal growth of muscle, as well as regeneration following injury or disease. (wikipedia.org)
  • The process of muscle regeneration involves considerable remodeling of extracellular matrix and, where extensive damage occurs, is incomplete. (wikipedia.org)
  • In this study, we investigate the effects of neural cell integration into the bioprinted skeletal muscle construct to accelerate functional muscle regeneration in vivo. (nature.com)
  • 20% of the original mass invariably results in functional impairment with limited regeneration capacity, which requires reconstructive surgical procedures such as autologous muscle flap transfers 1 . (nature.com)
  • Cellular and molecular regulation of muscle regeneration. (scielo.br)
  • Satellite cells are essential for skeletal muscle regeneration:the cell on the edge returns centre stage. (scielo.br)
  • Additionally, we are interested in mechanisms responsible for skeletal muscle recovery and regeneration after injury. (uncg.edu)
  • More specifically, my laboratory investigates the role inflammation plays in muscle atrophy, as well as during recovery and regeneration after injury. (uncg.edu)
  • Aged skeletal muscle displays increased fibrosis and impaired regeneration. (uncg.edu)
  • In aged skeletal muscle, impairments in regrowth and regeneration may be explained by a decreased responsiveness of muscle precursor cells (MPCs) to environmental cues such as growth factors. (uncg.edu)
  • Human pluripotent stem cell-derived muscle progenitor cells (hiPSC-MuPCs) resemble fetal-stage muscle progenitor cells and possess in vivo regeneration capacity. (bvsalud.org)
  • Therefore, medications that can prevent the progression of muscle atrophy or promote muscle regeneration are in high demand. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Considering that reinnervation of the TA muscle can occur even after UVFP through these anastomoses, it would be ideal if drugs that promote nerve regeneration could be used to treat UVFP. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Satellite cells (SCs), which are precursors of skeletal muscles, such as the TA muscle, play a key role in muscle homeostasis and regeneration. (biomedcentral.com)
  • SCs are normally in a quiescent state in adult muscles, and start proliferating during muscle regeneration in response to denervation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Skeletal muscle growth and regeneration involves the activity of resident adult stem cells, namely satellite cells (SC). (sdbonline.org)
  • Collectively, this study provides the first evidence that transient levels of the evolutionarily conserved factor RACK1 are critical for adult SC activation and proper skeletal muscle regeneration, favoring the efficient progression of SC from a committed to a fully differentiated state. (sdbonline.org)
  • One of the great advantages of tissue engineering of skeletal muscle is that adult skeletal muscle contains many myogenic precursor stem cells, termed "satellite cells", which are involved in the repair and regeneration of skeletal muscle throughout the lifespan. (josam.org)
  • In particular, her work has been focusing on the molecular mechanisms involved in the modulation of the peripheral synaptic transmission, skeletal muscle adaptation and regeneration in physiological and pathological conditions. (units.it)
  • The research activity of the group is focused on the identification of new strategies to improve skeletal muscle regeneration. (units.it)
  • 1 2 Residing outside the sarcolemma but within the basal lamina of individual myofibers is a population of cells that are responsible for muscle repair and regeneration, the satellite cells. (arvojournals.org)
  • 6 These manipulations result in satellite cell activation and proliferation, which in turn are responsible for muscle repair and regeneration. (arvojournals.org)
  • In 2009 beginning of 2010 we have focused on investigating what factors human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) may produce that enhance regeneration and if those factors have any effects by themselves on regeneration. (ca.gov)
  • Our current running hypothesis is that the positive growth factors produced by hESCs trigger injured muscle to initiate and maintain regeneration, the TGF-beta inhibitors produced by hESCs reduce the TGF-beta signaling, and the combination assures the robust regeneration of muscle. (ca.gov)
  • We also found a surprising increase in insulin production by hESCs and are integrating that result with ongoing regeneration experiments. (ca.gov)
  • Preliminary data indicates the effects on regeneration of old muscle look very promising. (ca.gov)
  • Specifically, our data suggest that several other ligands of MAPK pathway secreted by hESCs are likely to enhance and rejuvenate the regeneration of old muscle tissue. (ca.gov)
  • We have submitted the several manuscripts on topics of enhanced tissue regeneration and we are preparing the manuscript that identifies hESC-based novel strategies for restoring high regenerative capacity to old muscle. (ca.gov)
  • Finally, our data suggest that muscle stem cells either do not accumulate DNA damage with age or can efficiently repair such damage, when activated for tissue regeneration. (ca.gov)
  • Acupuncture is effective for the alleviation of denervated skeletal muscle atrophy. (acupunctureofiowa.com)
  • 8] They found that the combined therapy successfully alleviated quadricep atrophy while improving knee function in human subjects. (acupunctureofiowa.com)
  • The results of the aforementioned research indicates that acupuncture is an effective treatment modality for skeletal muscle atrophy. (acupunctureofiowa.com)
  • Effect of electroacupuncture on denervated skeletal muscle atrophy and expression of IGF-1/PI3K/AKT in rats [J]. Chinese Acupuncture and Moxibustion, 2018,38(12):1311-1317. (acupunctureofiowa.com)
  • Experimental study of rat denervated skeletal muscle atrophy [J]. Journal of Shanghai Medical University, 1999, 26(4): 265-268. (acupunctureofiowa.com)
  • We previously reported that local administration of bFGF 1 month after recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) paralysis compensated for atrophy of the thyroarytenoid muscle. (biomedcentral.com)
  • As increased neuromuscular junctions are expected to maintain myofiber volume, bFGF administration may prevent thyroarytenoid muscle atrophy in the mid to long term. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These treatments provide only static adjustment to the larynx, and their effects may be limited by the remaining hoarseness due to progressive atrophy of the paralyzed thyroarytenoid (TA) muscle. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Since myostatin and follistatin bind to the same receptor, the follistatin to myostatin (F:M) ratio is associated with muscle atrophy or hypertrophy [ 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There is a longstanding belief that a given nucleus controls a defined volume of cytoplasm, so when a muscle grows (hypertrophy) or shrinks (atrophy), the number of myonuclei change accordingly. (frontiersin.org)
  • Recently, two independent models, one from rodents and the other from insects, have demonstrated that nuclei are not lost from skeletal muscle fibers when they undergo either atrophy or programmed cell death. (frontiersin.org)
  • Physical activity is known to prevent muscle atrophy, improve or boost metabolic activity, improve respiratory function, and positively impact muscles regarding strength, endurance, and stability. (apeironzoh.com)
  • On the other hand, despite the atrophy and reduced myogenic potential of the EDL muscles in old rats, when an EDL muscle is cross-age transplanted from an old donor rat into a young host rat, the muscle regenerates as much mass and has as high a capacity for force development as a young muscle transplanted into a young host [4] . (josam.org)
  • This assumption long seemed valid, with many researchers reporting the presence of disintegrating nuclei in muscle tissue during atrophy induced by inactivity, injury or paralysis. (robert-gorter.info)
  • Muscles get damaged during extreme exercise, and often have to weather changes in food availability and other environmental factors that lead to atrophy. (robert-gorter.info)
  • Neural input into this bioprinted skeletal muscle construct shows the improvement of myofiber formation, long-term survival, and neuromuscular junction formation in vitro. (nature.com)
  • These approaches have achieved bioengineered skeletal muscle tissue fabrication with cellular alignment in vitro, and some showed a degree of therapeutic potential in vivo. (nature.com)
  • To determine their possible roles in tissues and satellite cells in vitro, their expression pattern was examined in tissues from 40-day-old chickens and in satellite cells from the breast muscles of 1-week-old and 2-week-old chickens using RT-PCR and immunocytochemistry analyses. (scielo.br)
  • In vivo , the identification of macrophage phenotype is complicated since macrophages are obviously exposed to a microenvironment that is more complex respect to cell culture conditions, and they display characteristics that do not conform to the in vitro defined phenotypic categories. (hindawi.com)
  • Satellite cells are in general easy to isolate from explanted skeletal muscle, and presumably muscle biopsies from an adult mammal would provide an ample supply of cells committed to the myogenic developmental pathway to facilitate the in vitro engineering of functional skeletal muscle. (josam.org)
  • To study the capacity of satellite cells to form into functional skeletal muscle tissue de novo in culture, we have developed several in vitro tissue models. (josam.org)
  • Myooids were activated by transverse electrical fields in a manner similar to that used to activate whole skeletal muscles in vitro during standard physiological measures of muscle function [8] . (josam.org)
  • Skeletal muscle progenitors (satellite cells), murine cell line and immortalized human myoblasts are studied in vitro to identify, in a controlled environment, the pathways regulating the regenerative potential of the skeletal muscle. (units.it)
  • Preliminary results indicate that it also promotes brown adipocyte differentiation in vitro. (met-vasc.com)
  • Since only small numbers of cells are obtainable from the patient, it requires expansion of cells in vitro . (sciepub.com)
  • Nevertheless, these primary cells grow slowly in vitro and lose their general characteristics during prolonged culturing period. (sciepub.com)
  • Skeletal muscle and myogenic C2C12 cells were used to study the effects of MSY3 phosphorylation in vivo and in vitro on its sub-cellular localization and activity, by blocking the IGF1/PI3K/Akt pathway, by Akt depletion and over-expression, and by mutating potential MSY3 phosphorylation sites. (biomedcentral.com)
  • MSY3 phosphorylation by Akt in vitro impaired its binding at the MyogHCE element, while blocking Akt increased MSY3 binding activity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 10 Even more compelling is a recent study that subjected individual quiescent satellite cells isolated from adult limb muscle to stretching in vitro, and showed that direct stretching of the satellite cells themselves results in activation and bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation. (arvojournals.org)
  • Both miRNAs and siRNAs need to be delivered into the target tissue or cell in order to activate the desired therapeutic effect," Muthiah Manoharan, Ph.D., senior vp, drug discovery, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, explained. (genengnews.com)
  • Fibroblasts within the muscle deposit scar tissue, which can impair muscle function, and is a significant part of the pathology of muscular dystrophies. (wikipedia.org)
  • More importantly, the bioprinted constructs with neural cell integration facilitate rapid innervation and mature into organized muscle tissue that restores normal muscle weight and function in a rodent model of muscle defect injury. (nature.com)
  • Skeletal muscle is a target tissue for anabolic steroids. (frontiersin.org)
  • To achieve this we firstly established a mouse BAT enriched-miRNA profile by comparing miRNAs expressed in mouse BAT, white adipose tissue and skeletal muscle. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Discovery of active human brown adipose tissue (BAT) has renewed interest in the possibility that it may regulate metabolism and EE in humans [ 3 - 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The response of target cells is further regulated by their microenvironment, involving the extracellular matrix, which may be modified by MSC-produced matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and tissue inhibitor of MMPs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • MSCs can be defined by their ability to adhere to tissue culture plastic, their expression of several cell surface molecular epitopes-cluster of differentiation CD73, CD90, and CD105, and others-as well as their lack of several surface markers, including CD45 [ 6 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • MSCs can be isolated from a range of tissues, but the most commonly cited sources are bone marrow (BM), adipose tissue, muscle, bone, and perinatal tissues (e.g. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These results demonstrate that Lkb1 plays an important role in maintaining body weight, liver and adipose tissue function, blood glucose homeostasis and survival in adult mice. (omicsdi.org)
  • A beta cell ATGL-lipolysis/adipose tissue axis controls energy homeostasis and body weight via insulin secretion in mice. (omicsdi.org)
  • The results support the concept that fuel excess can drive obesity and diabetes via hyperinsulinaemia, and that an islet beta cell ATGL-lipolysis/adipose tissue axis controls energy homeostasis and body weight via insulin secretion. (omicsdi.org)
  • These presynaptic changes synergized with previously reported muscle tissue remodeling to result in a marked increase in the strength of aged muscles. (bvsalud.org)
  • The levels of catalase (CAT) and glutathione (GSH) were measured in PC12 cells and Drosophila brain tissue. (sdbonline.org)
  • GSOs also mitigated the deleterious effects of GLU on the mitochondrial membrane potential and Cyt C release, thus alleviating mitochondrial dysfunction, and increased GSH levels and CAT activity in both cells and Drosophila brain tissue. (sdbonline.org)
  • In this paper, we discuss the current available information about the role that different phenotypes of macrophages plays after injury and during the remodelling phase in different tissue types, with particular attention to the skeletal muscle. (hindawi.com)
  • They contribute to homeostatic tissue remodelling during foetal life [ 1 , 2 ] and in several tissues in the adult. (hindawi.com)
  • However, since there are many different non-muscle cell populations that reside within the tissue, these experiments cannot easily distinguish true myonuclei from those of neighboring mononuclear cells. (frontiersin.org)
  • Skeletal muscle is the largest tissue in the body. (frontiersin.org)
  • Prior to tissue engineering of functional skeletal muscle from satellite cells harvested from aged mammals, two key questions must be addressed. (josam.org)
  • The purpose of the current study was to compare the excitability and contractility of myooids engineered from skeletal muscles of 32-month-old rats with that of myooids engineered from adult rat tissue. (josam.org)
  • She has been reviewer for international Journals ( FASEB J , Cell & Tissue Res , Toxicon, Exp Cell Res ), for national grant agencies (MIUR) and international Foundations (AFM, Association Francaise contre les Myopathies). (units.it)
  • With ageing, skeletal muscle undergoes a severe reduction in tissue mass, leading to a decrease in strength (sarcopenia). (units.it)
  • Tissue-engineering and cell-based therapies, two prominent branches of Regenerative Medicine, are considered as the most suitable techniques to repair the tissue damage. (sciepub.com)
  • It's actually a special type of tissue in your body, where cells are fused together extra close - so close, that they behave a like a giant single cell. (robert-gorter.info)
  • Skeletal muscle is a complex tissue composed of thousands of individual multinucleated myofibers. (arvojournals.org)
  • I have recently shown that synovial tissue poly-T-cells can predict RA-patient stratification, correlate with disease progression in RA and PsA and importantly, are present at the joints of at risk-individuals prior to development of clinical-inflammation. (dcu.ie)
  • Our work is at the stage of understanding the molecular mechanisms by which the aging of the regenerative potential of organ stem cells can be reversed by particular human embryonic factors that are capable of neutralizing the affects of aged niches on tissue regenerative capacity. (ca.gov)
  • Thus, the use of hESC-produced pro-regenerative factors for boosting the regenerative capacity of organ stem cells is likely to yield healthy, young tissue. (ca.gov)
  • Although functional organ stem cells persist in the old, tissue damage invariably overwhelms tissue repair, ultimately causing the demise of an organism. (ca.gov)
  • We have developed a comprehensive profile of human myogenesis using single cell sequencing. (ca.gov)
  • We will perform single cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) of embryonic, fetal, juvenile and adult muscle stem cells (MuSCs) and identify unique gene signatures and cell states across human myogenesis. (ca.gov)
  • MicroRNA-1/206(miRNA-1/206) is specifically expressed in skeletal muscle and play a critical role in myogenesis. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In more detail, the team is studying the role of electrical activity and local trophic factors in the microenvironment of satellite cell niche and in the post-mitotic myogenesis. (units.it)
  • Nonetheless, the enhanced myogenesis leads to the formation of an extensive network of contractile myofibers, and this enhanced myogenesis can be conferred upon myogenic cells from clonal populations, such as G8 or C2C12 cells, if they are co-cultured with the limb mesenchymal cells. (biologists.com)
  • Myogenesis is a multi-step process through which uncommitted mesodermal cells commit, differentiate and undergo profound phenotypic changes. (biologists.com)
  • The past two decades has seen major advances towards our current understanding of skeletal myogenesis (reviewed in Perry and Rudnicki, 2000 ). (biologists.com)
  • Cellular and molecular mechanisms regulating skeletal muscle development. (scielo.br)
  • However, the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying this muscle syndrome and its relationship with plasma level of androgens are not completely understood. (frontiersin.org)
  • Comparing and contrasting the molecular mechanisms controlling BAT growth and development in mice and humans will increase our understanding or how human BAT is developed and may identify potential therapeutic targets to increase EE. (biomedcentral.com)
  • MicroRNAs are molecular mechanisms involved in mouse BAT development however, little is known about the miRNA profile in human BAT. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Understanding the mechanisms controling BAT differentiation may identify potential therapeutic targets to enhance BAT-controlled metabolism and to increase EE. (biomedcentral.com)
  • My research focuses on investigating the mechanisms responsible for sarcopenia (the age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and strength) and developing exercise interventions for the treatment/prevention of sarcopenia. (uncg.edu)
  • The objective of this study was to elucidate the effects of early bFGF administration on the thyroarytenoid muscle after RLN transection and to investigate the underlying mechanisms. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Aerobic and strength training can improve DNA repair mechanisms and reduce the incidence of DNA methylation which in turn reduces risk factors for various chronic conditions including heart disease and cancer. (apeironzoh.com)
  • Laboratory work has centered on the mechanisms of how cells acquire specific fates during growth and development, providing insights into normal and abnormal mechanisms of growth control. (stanford.edu)
  • Possible MSY3 mechanisms of action have been studied in cell culture studies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our research goals are to define the transcriptional networks and downstream mechanisms that link the molecular clock with proper skeletal muscle function and phenotype. (ufl.edu)
  • Additionally, our data in progress suggest that muscle and brain age by similar molecular mechanisms and thus, therapeutic strategies for rejuvenating muscle repair might be applicable to the restoration of neurogenesis in aged brain. (ca.gov)
  • Mechanisms that could release the suppression or promote increased levels of myostatin were assessed. (silverchair.com)
  • However, the mechanisms of cell proliferation induced by LPLI are poorly understood. (biomedcentral.com)
  • then we review the studies on the molecular mechanisms of LPLI-induced proliferation since January 1999, which will serve as a reference for the researchers in this field. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We determined the developmental and functional status of both skeletal muscle progenitor cells as well as adult human satellite cells. (ca.gov)
  • A Human Skeletal Muscle Atlas Identifies the Trajectories of Stem and Progenitor Cells across Development and from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells. (ca.gov)
  • Bober E, Franz T, Arnold HH, Gruss P, Tremblay P. Pax-3 is required for the development of limb muscles:a possible role for the migration of dermomyotomal muscle progenitor cells. (scielo.br)
  • The transplantation of muscle progenitor cells (MuPCs) differentiated from human induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) is a promising approach for treating skeletal muscle diseases such as Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). (bvsalud.org)
  • Ensure high yields when passaging and culturing your primary human skeletal muscle progenitor cells (myoblasts) by using MyoCult™-SF Attachment Substrate, which is optimized to support myoblast attachment. (stemcell.com)
  • For more information on protocols for the derivation and expansion of human skeletal muscle progenitor cells with MyoCult™, please explore the Product Information Sheet . (stemcell.com)
  • More specifically, upon activation, satellite cells can re-enter the cell cycle to proliferate and differentiate into myoblasts. (wikipedia.org)
  • Activated satellite cells initially proliferate as skeletal myoblasts before undergoing myogenic differentiation. (wikipedia.org)
  • After several rounds of proliferation, most SCs differentiate into myoblasts, which fuse to form new myofibers [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • We previously reported that local injection of single, high-dose bFGF into the paralyzed vocal fold 1 month after RLN transection compensated for an atrophied TA muscle by inducing activation of SC proliferation and increasing the number of myoblasts in the RLN paralysis model of rats [ 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC)-derived myoblasts may be cultured on cultureware coated with Corning® Matrigel® hESC-Qualified Matrix. (stemcell.com)
  • The supplement is combined with a basal medium to prepare MyoCult™-SF Expansion Medium for the culture of primary human and hPSC-derived myoblasts. (stemcell.com)
  • Myoblasts cultured using MyoCult™-SF Expansion Medium can be differentiated into multinucleated myotubes using MyoCult™ Differentiation Kit (Human) . (stemcell.com)
  • Because of the decreased proliferation potential [9] and lower absolute number of satellite cells in muscles from the aged rats compared with adult rats [1,10,11] , one may hypothesize that the aged rats would not yield enough myoblasts to produce myooids in culture. (josam.org)
  • Myosatellite cells, also known as satellite cells, muscle stem cells or MuSCs, are small multipotent cells with very little cytoplasm found in mature muscle. (wikipedia.org)
  • The field of satellite cell biology suffers from the same technical difficulties as other stem cell fields. (wikipedia.org)
  • We determined the true SC state needed to repopulate after reinjury- the gold standard requirement for maintaining stem cell function long term. (ca.gov)
  • We are developing a target product profile for human satellite cells derived from human pluripotent stem cells which will be used to use muscle stem cells in personalized medicine for patients with devastating muscle wasting or degenerative diseases. (ca.gov)
  • We will molecularly and functionally define muscle stem cells in human muscle in development, juvenile and adult and develop strategies to generate the most regenerative muscle stem cells from hPSCs. (ca.gov)
  • The research in this propoal will benefit CA residents tremendously by understanding how to generate a muscle stem cell capable of responding to injury and undergoing long term repopulation after injury to generate new muscle. (ca.gov)
  • When skeletal muscle is injured due to physical or chemical insult, a pool of self-renewing muscle stem cells residing within the skeletal muscles, called satellite cells, can give rise to differentiated myofibers to repair injured muscle ( Charge & Rudinicki, 2004 Chargé SBP, Rudnicki MA. (scielo.br)
  • Günther S, Kim J, Kostin S, Lepper C, Fan CM, Braun T. Myf5-positive satellite cells contribute to Pax7-dependent long-term maintenance of adult muscle stem cells. (scielo.br)
  • Cell Stem Cell 2013;13(5):590-601. (scielo.br)
  • Adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) represent a subject of intense experimental and biomedical interest. (biomedcentral.com)
  • From a research, medical, and business standpoint, mesenchymal stem cell (MSC)-based therapies are fascinating. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There is a general agreement that hypertrophy is accompanied by the addition of new nuclei from stem cells to help the muscles meet the enhanced synthetic demands of a larger cell. (frontiersin.org)
  • Serra M, Brito C and Alves PM. "Bioengineering strategies for stem cell expansion and differentiation. (sciepub.com)
  • There his work focused on transcriptional control of hematopoietic stem cell maturation and cell fate. (ubc.ca)
  • In addition, he identified a number of novel hematopoietic stem cell surface proteins and began analyzing their function. (ubc.ca)
  • His laboratory has followed two primary interests: 1) the transcription factor networks that regulate fate determination in various cells that make blood, and 2) the cell surface proteins expressed by hematopoietic stem cells that and allow them to communicate with their microenvironment. (ubc.ca)
  • He has delineated the function of these molecules in diverse set of biological processes including: 1) gut and kidney formation, 2) vascular permeability, 3) mucosal inflammatory disease, 4) stem cell homing and migration, and 5) epithelial tumor progression. (ubc.ca)
  • He is a member of the Stem Cell Network Centre of Excellence (past member of the Stem Cell Policy Committee and Research Management Committee and current Sub-chair of the Training and Education Committee), and a member of the AllerGen Network Centre of Excellence (Research Management Committee and Co-Chair of the Biomarkers Program). (ubc.ca)
  • Muscle growth is accompanied by the addition of new nuclei from stem cells to help meet the enhanced synthetic demands of larger muscle cells," explains Schwartz. (robert-gorter.info)
  • During adolescence muscle growth is enhanced by hormones, nutrition and a robust pool of stem cells, making it an ideal period for individuals to "bank" myonuclei that could be drawn upon to remain active in old age. (robert-gorter.info)
  • 2022. Transcriptional programs regulating neuronal differentiation are disrupted in DLG2 knockout human embryonic stem cells and enriched for schizophrenia and related disorders risk variants . (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • Stem Cells Translational Medicine 6(5), pp. 1399-1411. (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • The poor performance of stem cells in an aged organ, such as skeletal muscle, is caused by the changes in regulatory pathways such as Notch, MAPK and TGF‐β, where old differentiated tissues and blood circulation inhibit the regenerative performance of organ stem cells. (ca.gov)
  • A new tumor model, combining human embryonic stem cells (ESC) and tumor cells, develops abundant human vessels. (nih.gov)
  • Tumor vascular cells are critical for the growth of tumor stem cells, which reside within the vascular niche. (nih.gov)
  • One challenge with characterizing tumor stem cells has been finding appropriate conditions for in vivo growth. (nih.gov)
  • We hypothesize that the ESC ovarian tumor model, with human vascular cells, will provide an ideal microenvironment to support human stem cell growth. (nih.gov)
  • We therefore propose (3) to isolate ovarian tumor stem cells and grow them in vivo using the ESC ovarian cancer model. (nih.gov)
  • If successful, this will create a murine tumor model that nearly completely reproduces the human tumor microenvironment with human tumor stroma, vessels and tumor stem cells. (nih.gov)
  • Given the tremendous promise of regenerative medicine to enhance human health and treat disease, Congress included a provision in the 21st Century Cures Act to support a Regenerative Medicine Innovation Project ($30 million distributed over FY17 through FY20) for the funding of clinical research to further the field of regenerative medicine (RM) using adult stem cells, including autologous, non-autologous use as well as eligible induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSC). (nih.gov)
  • Also, a vascularization strategy using co-culture with endothelial cells (ECs) and fibroblasts improved the survival of the bioengineered skeletal muscle tissues 20 , 21 . (nature.com)
  • The expression level of the SFRP1 was highly varied across numerous pig tissues and it was down-regulated during porcine skeletal muscle development. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Moreover, decreased insulinaemia in B-Atgl-KO mice was associated with increased energy expenditure, and lipid metabolism in brown (BAT) and white (WAT) adipose tissues, leading to reduced fat mass and body weight. (omicsdi.org)
  • there is trauma to our joints, stress on our heart, oxygen deprivation to our tissues, huge increases in inflammation. (apeironzoh.com)
  • In clinical practice, these involve the life-long immunosuppression of the organ transplantation patients, the creation of the supporting environment for engineered tissues in the mended organ, the unsolved issues of cell survival and differentiation of the cell-based therapy, and the selection and development of vectors for gene therapy. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The lab is also pursuing the role of physical activity/exercise as a time cue for skeletal muscle and other tissues. (ufl.edu)
  • What was surprising is that administering these inhibitors to the whole animal appears to reduce TGF-beta levels in the whole animal, suggesting some kind of feed-back and perhaps effects on other tissues as well as muscle. (ca.gov)
  • The light must be absorbed by the endogenous chromophores of cells or tissues for actions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • ATGL in beta cells regulates insulin secretion via the production of signalling MAGs. (omicsdi.org)
  • Myosatellite cells are located between the basement membrane and the sarcolemma of muscle fibers, and can lie in grooves either parallel or transversely to the longitudinal axis of the fibre. (wikipedia.org)
  • Satellite cells are able to differentiate and fuse to augment existing muscle fibers and to form new fibers. (wikipedia.org)
  • Satellite cells help to repair and regenerate muscle fibers. (acupunctureofiowa.com)
  • We further found that 15-PGDH aggregates defined the target fibers that are histopathologic hallmarks of human neurogenic myopathies, suggesting that the gerozyme may be involved in their etiology. (bvsalud.org)
  • RACK1 was expressed transiently in the skeletal muscle of post-natal mice, being abundant in the early phase of muscle growth and almost disappearing in adult mature fibers. (sdbonline.org)
  • After acute injury in muscle of both mouse and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster (used as alternative in vivo model) this study found that RACK1 accumulated in regenerating fibers while it declined with the progression of repair process. (sdbonline.org)
  • Until recently, scientists thought this meant that nuclei - the cell control centers that build and maintain muscle fibers - are also lost to sloth. (robert-gorter.info)
  • Two independent studies - one in rodents and the other in insects - have demonstrated that nuclei are not lost from atrophying muscle fibers, and even remain after muscle death has been initiated. (robert-gorter.info)
  • 3 When a muscle is injured, this specialized cell population becomes activated, divides, and either repairs damaged fibers or forms new myofibers. (arvojournals.org)
  • Adult and aged rat myooids had only ~35-60% of the skeletal muscle MHC content of control skeletal muscle from rats, the remaining MHC content consisting of isoforms found in cultured fibroblasts but not in control skeletal muscle. (josam.org)
  • Yamashita D, Machigashira M, Miyamoto M, Takeuchi H, Noguchi K, Izumi Y, Ban S. "Effect of surface roughness on initial responses of osteoblast-like cells on two types of zirconia. (sciepub.com)
  • Medium pH modulates matrix, mineral, and energy metabolism in cultured chick bones and osteoblast-like cells. (sciepub.com)
  • Khadra M, Lyngstadaas SP, Haanaes HR, Mustafa K. "Effect of laser therapy on attachment, proliferation and differentiation of human osteoblast-like cells cultured on titanium implant material. (sciepub.com)
  • Activated satellite cells also begin expressing muscle-specific filament proteins such as desmin as they differentiate. (wikipedia.org)
  • Furthermore, GSOs protected cells against GLU-induced apoptosis by reducing the expression of the mitochondrial apoptosis-associated Bcl-2 family effector proteins and protected cells from GLU-induced oxidative damage by increasing the nuclear translocation of Nrf2 and HO-1 expression. (sdbonline.org)
  • Myokines are peptides or proteins released from skeletal muscle and are involved in multiple physiological processes, including metabolism and hypertrophy in the autocrine and paracrine manner [ 6 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This decreases risk for various chronic diseases by eliminating damaging proteins, improving strength, and increasing muscle mass. (apeironzoh.com)
  • There he worked with Dr. Max D. Cooper (Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Academy of Sciences) and his research focused on cell surface proteins expressed by preB cells that regulate B cell maturation and homing. (ubc.ca)
  • In this regard, his lab has identified a novel family of hematopoietic cell surface proteins, called the CD34 family, and shown that these are essential for a number of developmentally important processes. (ubc.ca)
  • The cell membrane is really a viscous fluid-like matter which includes several lipids, cholesterol, and inserted proteins. (globaltechbiz.com)
  • In the next reporting period we will re-confirm that the levels of candidate proteins from the 500 antibody array actually are very highly produced by hESCs and that the signals from these proteins are perceived by regenerating muscle cells. (ca.gov)
  • In 2010 beginning of 2011, we have approached the identification and characterization of the proteins that are produced by hESCs and have the rejuvenating and pro-regenerative activity on adult muscle. (ca.gov)
  • Recently, the signaling proteins involved in LPLI-induced proliferation merit special attention, some of which are regulated by mitochondrial signaling. (biomedcentral.com)
  • LPLI-induced cell cycle progression can be regulated by the activation or elevated expressions of cell cycle-specific proteins. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Recently, a large number of signaling proteins reported play an important key role in the process of LPLI-induced cell proliferation, probably due to the fact that the molecular events they are involved in are the basic response of the cells to extracellular stimuli. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These dividing cells are known as the "transit amplifying pool" before undergoing myogenic differentiation to form new (post-mitotic) myotubes. (wikipedia.org)
  • After several cell divisions, the satellite cells begin to fuse with the damaged myotubes and undergo further differentiations and maturation, with peripheral nuclei as in hallmark. (wikipedia.org)
  • The dynamics of RACK1 levels in isolated adult SC of mice, i.e., progressively high during differentiation and low compared to proliferating conditions, and RACK1 silencing indicated that RACK1 promotes both the formation of myotubes and the accretion of nascent myotubes. (sdbonline.org)
  • First, to what extent are the satellite cells from aged mammals capable of fusion into functional myotubes, and second, do satellite cells from aged mammals have any form of impaired function when compared with those from young or adult mammals? (josam.org)
  • Specifically,treatment of primary limb bud cultures with p38 inhibitors increases the expression of myogenic markers and causes a striking increase in formation of myotubes, which were detected using antibodies specific for myosin heavy chain. (biologists.com)
  • Mice develop tumors resembling those seen in humans, including expression of high levels of miR-21. (genengnews.com)
  • Inducible depletion of satellite cells in adult, sedentary mice impairs muscle regenerative capacity without affecting sarcopenia. (scielo.br)
  • Deletion of Lkb1 in adult mice results in body weight reduction and lethality. (omicsdi.org)
  • As constitutive knockout of Lkb1 in mice leads to embryonic lethality, whether Lkb1 is required for the growth and survival of adult mice is unclear. (omicsdi.org)
  • Accordingly, the Rosa-Lkb1 mice had increased blood glucose levels and were intolerant to glucose challenge. (omicsdi.org)
  • To directly assess the role of beta cell lipolysis in insulin secretion and whole-body energy homeostasis, inducible beta cell-specific adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL)-deficient (B-Atgl-KO) mice were studied under normal diet (ND) and high-fat diet (HFD) conditions. (omicsdi.org)
  • At 8 weeks of age, these mice were injected with tamoxifen to induce deletion of beta cell-specific Atgl (also known as Pnpla2), and the mice were fed an ND or HFD. (omicsdi.org)
  • Decreased insulinaemia due to lowered GSIS protects B-Atgl-KO mice from diet-induced obesity, improves insulin sensitivity, increases lipid mobilisation from WAT and causes BAT activation. (omicsdi.org)
  • Mice with muscle-speci?c inactive AMPK (AMPK DN) were used to invest. (uncg.edu)
  • Here, we showed that denervation resulting from transection of the sciatic nerve triggered a marked increase in the prostaglandin-degrading enzyme 15-hydroxyprostaglandin dehydrogenase (15-PGDH) in skeletal muscle in mice, providing evidence that injury drives early expression of this aging-associated enzyme or gerozyme. (bvsalud.org)
  • In aged mice with chronic denervation of muscles, treatment with the 15-PGDH inhibitor increased motor neuron viability and restored neuromuscular junctions and function. (bvsalud.org)
  • Short-term dietary intervention improves endothelial dysfunction induced by high-fat feeding in mice through upregulation of the AMPK-CREB signaling pathway. (met-vasc.com)
  • Relaxant responses to acetylcholine and the AMPK activator (AICAR) were significantly impaired in HF mice but improved in HF-Chow mice. (met-vasc.com)
  • Methods: Adult C57BL/6J mice (n=10) were intrathecally injected with a recombinant human NR1 antibody over 14 days and then studied using rs-fMRI at 7 Tesla. (sciencegate.app)
  • Results: Adult NR1-antibody injected mice showed significantly impaired functional connectivity within the dentate gyrus of the left hippocampus in comparison to controls, resembling impaired hippocampal functional connectivity patterns observed in human patients with NMDAR encephalitis. (sciencegate.app)
  • Apparent Absence of BMAL1-Dependent Skeletal Muscle-Kidney Cross Talk in Mice. (ufl.edu)
  • Acute exercise increases mRNA expression enabling protein synthesis and structural remodeling. (apeironzoh.com)
  • Our study provides insights on the purification of hiPSC-MuPCs with higher regenerative potential and increases the understanding of the transcriptional regulation of hiPSC-MuPCs. (bvsalud.org)
  • An acute session of HIIT induced significant increases in interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, IL-10, tumor necrosis f. (uncg.edu)
  • Cell invasion is a crucial step of tumor metastasis , finding new regulators of which offers potential drug targets for cancer therapy. (sdbonline.org)
  • The intent of vaccination is to induce a combined antibody and T-cell anti-HER-2 immune response, which is intended to target HER-2-expressing tumor cells, and may induce tumor regression or slow progression of disease. (stanford.edu)
  • The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether breast cancer tumors respond (as measured by pathologic complete response: the absence of microscopic evidence of invasive tumor cells in the breast) to combined chemotherapy of AC(doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide) followed by paclitaxel plus trastuzumab or lapatinib or both given before surgery to patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. (stanford.edu)
  • RATIONALE: Drugs used in chemotherapy use different ways to stop tumor cells from dividing so they stop growing or die. (stanford.edu)
  • Development of anti-vascular immunotherapeutics, with few exceptions, has been hindered by the absence of a tumor model with human tumor vessels. (nih.gov)
  • Finally, our preliminary data suggest that the ESC-ovarian tumor model has human tumor vascular cells. (nih.gov)
  • Hepatocyte growth factor receptor (c-Met), a member of tyrosine protein kinase receptors (TPKR), is phosphorylated during LPLI-induced proliferation, but tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) receptor has not been affected. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Macrophage activation has been described as a dynamic process: the same cell may initially induce proinflammatory and cytotoxic reactions and later may take part in the resolution of inflammation and wound healing [ 9 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Our data show that treatment with FIN improves kidney and vascular damage in a new rat model of DKD with T1D associated with a reduction in inflammation, fibrosis and osteogenic factors independently from changes in glucose homeostasis. (met-vasc.com)
  • Therefore poly-T cells are significant initiators and propagators of synovial inflammation. (dcu.ie)
  • Skeletal muscle myosin heavy chain (MHC) content was measured and MHC isoforms were separated on SDS-PAGE gels and quantified. (josam.org)
  • In addition, myooids expressed only developmental isoforms of skeletal muscle MHC, known to generate less specific force than adult isoforms. (josam.org)
  • In this project, the group intends to investigate the nature and the role of adenosine and AR signalling pathways on the two isoforms of muscle AChRs: the embryonic (g-AChR) regulating synaptogenesis and muscle development and the adult (e-AChR) with a role in nerve-muscle communication. (units.it)
  • Both active and passive stretch of the rectus muscles produced by strabismus surgery dramatically upregulated the processes of satellite cell activation, integration of new myonuclei into existing myofibers, and concomitant upregulation of immature myosin heavy chain isoforms. (arvojournals.org)
  • A bioengineered skeletal muscle construct that mimics structural and functional characteristics of native skeletal muscle is a promising therapeutic option to treat extensive muscle defect injuries. (nature.com)
  • Currently, there is increasing interest on the anabolic properties of testosterone for therapeutic use in muscle diseases including sarcopenia. (frontiersin.org)
  • Among the many different therapeutic approaches, including exercise, hormone, nutritional therapy, and/or a combination thereof, no one approach has emerged as superior in animal or human studies, and the great variability in the clinical outcomes of patients treated with these approaches has prevented identification of the most effective therapy ( 7 , 8 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Given the significance of myogenin regulation in adult muscle, the Akt/MSY3/myogenin regulatory circuit is a potential therapeutic target to counteract muscle degenerative disease. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Additionally we are working in mouse and human models to determine the potential for time of day lifestyle interventions as a therapeutic approach to enhance molecular clock function and attenuate conditions of muscle weakness and wasting seen with aging and chronic diseases. (ufl.edu)
  • Identifying these changes can help us understand how diseases such as epilepsy affect these cells and may represent viable therapeutic targets. (dcu.ie)
  • Targeting microRNAs to influence astrocyte morphology, and increase local translation of ion channels, could allow the clearing of excess glutamate and potassium from the synaptic cleft and prevents seizure generation, offering a novel therapeutic strategy for epilepsy. (dcu.ie)
  • CrossTalk is an interdisciplinary study that utilises the state-of-the-art technologies in order to identify novel opportunities for targeted therapeutic intervention and improved patient stratification. (dcu.ie)
  • These constructs (mm 3 -cm 3 scale) consisted of tens to hundreds of long parallel myofiber bundles, containing densely packed, highly viable, and aligned muscle cells. (nature.com)
  • All superior and inferior rectus muscles from both globes were examined for BrdU incorporation, MyoD expression, neonatal and developmental myosin heavy chain (MyHC) isoform expression, and myofiber cross-sectional area alterations. (arvojournals.org)
  • Understanding the effects of strabismus surgery on muscle cell biological reactions and myofiber remodeling may suggest new approaches for improving surgical outcomes. (arvojournals.org)
  • There are a number of factors that initiate myofiber remodeling in adult skeletal muscles. (arvojournals.org)
  • Dual luciferase assay and Western-blot results demonstrated that SFRP1 was a target of miR-1/206 in porcine iliac endothelial cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is important for the maintenance of the skeletal muscle capillaries. (uncg.edu)
  • Recently, we observed that muscle capillarization, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) protein, and the VEGF mRNA response to acute exercise were lower in aged compared with young women. (uncg.edu)
  • 2017. Potency of human cardiosphere-derived cells from patients with ischemic heart disease is associated with robust vascular supportive ability . (cardiff.ac.uk)
  • The main interest of her research activity is the nerve-muscle communication and the skeletal muscle physiology, including muscle plasticity and impact of ageing on the neuromuscular system. (units.it)
  • The results of the proposed research will advance the understanding of important aspects of the neuromuscular physiology such as the modulation of the neuromuscular transmission and the skeletal muscle plasticity. (units.it)
  • IL-2/IL2R also promotes the differentiation of T cells into effector T cells. (ilreceptor.com)
  • Here we show that, concurrent with a decrease in chondrogenesis, inhibition of p38 in limb bud cultures dramatically promotes muscle development. (biologists.com)
  • Low power laser irradiation (LPLI) promotes proliferation of multiple cells, which (especially red and near infrared light) is mainly through the activation of mitochondrial respiratory chain and the initiation of cellular signaling. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Functional three-dimensional skeletal muscle constructs (myooids) were engineered from myogenic cells harvested from the muscles of adult and aged rats. (josam.org)
  • Myooids formed by self-organization of myogenic cells in the absence of an artificial scaffold and were maintained in culture. (josam.org)
  • In C2C12 myogenic cells, blocking the IGF1/PI3K/Akt pathway using LY294002 inhibitor reduced MSY3 phosphorylation levels resulting in its accumulation in the nuclei. (biomedcentral.com)
  • While Akt over-expression rescued myogenin expression in MSY3 overexpressing myogenic cells, ablation of the Akt substrate, (Ser126 located in the MSY3 cold shock domain) promoted MSY3 accumulation in the nucleus and abolished this rescue. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study highlights a previously undescribed Akt-mediated signaling pathway involved in the repression of myogenin expression in myogenic cells and in mature muscle. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Adaptogens modulate intracellular signaling and increase expression of heat shock protein 72 (HSP72). (uncg.edu)
  • Yamaguchi DT, Huang JT, Ma D. "Regulation of gap junction intracellular communication by pH in MC3T3-E1 osteoblastic cells. (sciepub.com)
  • Greater activation also results in increased expression of myogenic basic helix-loop-helix transcription factors MyoD, myogenin, and MRF4 - all responsible for the induction of myocyte-specific genes. (wikipedia.org)
  • My lab has pioneered research on the role of circadian rhythms and the molecular clock mechanism in skeletal muscle homeostasis and health. (ufl.edu)
  • The purpose of this brief review is to discuss whether or not ambulatory exercise elicits leg muscle hypertrophy in older adults. (researchgate.net)
  • The findings showed that FT was effective in increasing circulating biomarkers involved in hypertrophy in older adults while adding BFR to FT had a slight increase in these biomarkers but had a tremendous increase in muscle strength. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Finally, a new class was defined called carcinoma with pleomorphic, sarcomatoid, or sarcomatous elements, which brings together a number of proliferations characterized by a spectrum of epithelial to mesenchymal differentiation. (ersjournals.com)
  • Additionally, Lkb1 deletion reduced lipid deposition and increased expression of mitochondrial (Pgc1a, Cox5b and Cox7a) and hepatic gluconeogenesis related genes (Pepck) in liver. (omicsdi.org)
  • MicroRNA-133 controls brown adipose determination in skeletal muscle satellite cells by targeting Prdm16. (scielo.br)
  • Gros J, Manceau M, Thomé V, Marcelle C. A common somitic origin for embryonic muscle progenitors and satellite cells. (scielo.br)
  • Bioinformatic analysis revealed four cell clusters for hiPSC-MuPCs: myocytes, committed, cycling, and noncycling progenitors Using FGFR4 as a marker for noncycling progenitors and cycling cells and CD36 as a marker for committed and myocyte cells, we found that FGFR4+ cells possess a higher regenerative capacity than CD36+ cells. (bvsalud.org)
  • Studies targeted at establishing such effects at cellular level and their correlations with in vivo models, will broaden our understanding of the roles played by androgens on skeletal muscle function in elderly. (frontiersin.org)
  • Mostly, there is a finite amount of time that cells can survive and cumulative damage incurred from life choices can increase or decrease the speed of cellular damage. (apeironzoh.com)
  • These forms of exercise can improve an anabolic cellular rate which increases GH and IGF-1 at speeds equivalent to the intensity and duration of the exercise regimen. (apeironzoh.com)
  • We hypothesize that the remaining force deficit is due to cellular and sub-cellular disorganization-Myooids lack the density and organization of sarcomeric arrays seen in skeletal muscle. (josam.org)
  • Musgrove E, Seaman M, Hedley D. "Relationship between cytoplasmic pH and proliferation during exponential growth and cellular quiescence. (sciepub.com)
  • Cytoskeleton, U-93631 which is a network of interconnected filaments of different types, connects the cell membrane with underlying sub-cellular components. (globaltechbiz.com)
  • The nucleus is the largest organelle among sub-cellular components, demonstrating solid-elastic behavior [4], and it is typically stiffer than the cell itself [5]. (globaltechbiz.com)
  • The Study of Muscle, Mobility and Aging (SOMMA): A Unique Cohort Study About the Cellular Biology of Aging and Age-related Loss of Mobility. (ufl.edu)
  • Firstly, such modeling methods give an insight into how cell parts function under stress. (globaltechbiz.com)
  • Areas of focus may include improved tools, methods, standards, or applied science that support a better understanding and improved evaluation of product manufacturing, quality, safety, or effectiveness. (nih.gov)
  • Such lack of clarity can be attributed to difficulty in isolating the individual events responsible for alterations in skeletal muscle, most of which occur simultaneously, among the multiple age-associated changes and co-morbidities associated with advanced age. (frontiersin.org)
  • While acknowledging progress in the other areas mentioned, this work will focus on the current debates concerning sourcing, MSC alterations of angiogenesis, cell differentiation/stimulation, and strategies to improve MSC differentiation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Introduction: While decreased hippocampal connectivity and disruption of functional networks are established MRI features in human anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR) encephalitis, the underlying pathophysiology for brain network alterations remains poorly understood. (sciencegate.app)
  • With this translational approach, we successfully reproduced functional MRI alterations previously observed in human NMDAR encephalitis patients. (sciencegate.app)
  • These changes take place on the molecular level impacting properties of specific the different parts of cell inner structure, but resulting in alterations in mechanical properties of the complete cell ultimately. (globaltechbiz.com)
  • Secondly, they can improve our understanding of the adjustments that occur during disease progression which, in turn, might uncover reasons for corresponding alterations occurring in cell mechanics [10, 11]. (globaltechbiz.com)
  • Cell proliferation is a very important physiological effect for low power laser irradiation (LPLI) used in clinical practice. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Introduction Cell mechanics has proved to be a widely used label-free biomarker to discern phenotypes, detect pathologies and more importantly, monitor existence or progression of a disease [1C3]. (globaltechbiz.com)
  • In the oral mucosa, melanocytes are observed in a ratio of about 1 melanocyte to 10 basal cells. (medscape.com)
  • But according to a review published in Frontiers in Physiology, modern lab techniques now allow us to see that nuclei gained during training persist even when muscle cells shrink due to disuse or start to break down. (robert-gorter.info)
  • It is well documented in the field of exercise physiology that it is far easier to reacquire a certain level of muscle fitness through exercise than it was to achieve it the first place, even if there has been a long intervening period of detraining. (robert-gorter.info)
  • These and other data argue against the current interpretation of the myonuclear domain hypothesis and suggest that once a nucleus has been acquired by a muscle fiber it persists. (frontiersin.org)
  • Our hypothesis is that AT2R activation could increase BAT mass and activity in obesity. (met-vasc.com)
  • These results support the hypothesis that MSY3 phosphorylation by Akt interferes with MSY3 repression of myogenin circuit activity during muscle development. (biomedcentral.com)
  • It is clear that skeletal muscle hypertrophy can occur independently of exercise mode and load. (researchgate.net)
  • Significant loss of muscle mass may occur in cachexia and sarcopenia, which are major causes of mortality and disability. (mdpi.com)
  • Indeed, most of the intrinsic as well as extrinsic (systemic) muscle changes that occur with age are believed to be involved in the development of sarcopenia ( 5 , 6 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Approximately 80% of head and neck sarcomas occur in adults, and 10-20% occur in children. (medscape.com)
  • True acupuncture produced superior patient outcomes including improvements in muscle strength, quadriceps angles, thigh circumference, knee range of motion, and Lysholm scores. (acupunctureofiowa.com)
  • The non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA) finerenone (FIN) improves kidney and cardiovascular outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in type 2 diabetes (T2D). (met-vasc.com)
  • Obesity is a world-wide epidemic that increases the risk of cardiovascular disorders, cancer and type 2 diabetes (T2D) [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Obesity is associated with lower skeletal muscle capillarization and lower insulin sensitivity. (uncg.edu)
  • This work could provide a cell therapy for muscle disorders including muscular dystrophies or sarcopenia. (ca.gov)
  • A large majority of California residents are affected or will be affected with a muscle disease in their lifetime including severe muscular dystrophies, aging related muscle loss called sarcopenia or muscle weakness. (ca.gov)
  • Sarcopenia, the age-related loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, is becoming more prevalent as the lifespan continues to increase in most populations. (frontiersin.org)
  • Testosterone concentrations decline as age increase, suggesting that low plasma testosterone levels can cause or accelerate muscle- and age-related diseases, as sarcopenia. (frontiersin.org)
  • This age-related decline in skeletal muscle mass and strength generation, the primary function of skeletal muscle mass, is known as sarcopenia ( 2 , 3 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • The term sarcopenia was first proposed in 1989 by Irwin Rosenberg to describe a multifactorial syndrome that occurs with age and results in loss of skeletal muscle mass and function ( 3 , 4 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • As well, many older individuals suffer from sarcopenia, a protracted muscle wasting disorder that typically begins after the age of 50 and involves a loss of about 1% of muscle mass per year ( Woo, 2017 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 2012;13(2):127-33. (scielo.br)
  • The large number of miRNAs found only in mouse BAT or only in human BAT highlights the differing molecular profile between species that is likely to influence the functional role of BAT across species. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Through gene knockout studies he has shown that these molecules act as a type of molecular "Teflon" to make cells more mobile and invasive and also facilitate chemotaxis. (ubc.ca)
  • Using genetic mouse models, we found that mutations of two different molecular clock genes, Clock and Bmal1, dramatically disrupt skeletal muscle structure and function. (ufl.edu)
  • Molecular motors lie at the heart of biological processes from DNA replication to cell migration. (nih.gov)
  • Skeletal muscle is fairly unique in that the mature cells are syncytial and can contain hundreds of nuclei. (frontiersin.org)
  • But modern cell-type-specific dyes and genetic markers have shown that the dying nuclei other researchers had detected were in fact inflammatory and other cells recruited to atrophic muscle. (robert-gorter.info)
  • Their fate is regulated by the expression of various transcription factors, including paired box 7 (Pax7) and myogenic differentiation (MyoD) [ 6 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In the resected muscle and in the passively stretched antagonist muscle, there was a dramatic increase in the number of myofibers positive for neonatal MyHC and in the number of BrdU- and MyoD-positive satellite cells. (arvojournals.org)
  • Moreover, both quiescent and activated human satellite cells can be identified by the membrane-bound neural cell adhesion molecule (N-CAM/CD56/Leu-19), a cell-surface glycoprotein. (wikipedia.org)
  • To our knowledge this is the first demonstration of a treatment that inhibited a specific miRNA that resulted in a significant increase in survival. (genengnews.com)
  • In addition, multivariate analysis indicated that in adults, factors linked to a greater cause-specific survival rate include male gender, absence of radiation therapy, and stage I disease, although a propensity-matched model did not show an association between presence or absence of radiation therapy and cause-specific survival. (medscape.com)
  • The miRNA-mRNA profiles and bioinformatics study suggested that the SFRP1 gene was potentially regulated by miRNA-1/206 during porcine skeletal muscle development. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Our results indicate that the SFRP1 gene is regulated by miR-1/206 and potentially affects skeletal muscle development. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These findings increase understanding of the biological functions and the regulation of the SFRP1 gene in mammals. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Regular exercise improves functioning through DNA methylation, up-regulate brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), promote gene remodeling, and combat frailty. (apeironzoh.com)
  • He performed some of the first studies to identify transcription factors that regulate the gene expression and differentiation of eosinophils, which are known to play a major role in allergic and asthmatic responses. (ubc.ca)
  • Animals with a polymorphism in the myostatin gene that renders it less active have hypertrophied muscles. (silverchair.com)
  • We also demonstrated the feasibility of using these 3D bioprinted human skeletal muscle constructs to treat critical-sized muscle defect injuries with structural and functional restoration in a rodent model 2 . (nature.com)
  • Evaluate myogenic ability and functional differences of embryonic, fetal, juvenile and adult MuSCs in fusion, proliferation, engraftment and repopulation assays in mouse models of muscle disease. (ca.gov)
  • Develop transcription factor over-expression in combination with improved directed differentiation strategies to generate MuSCs from hPSCs with genetic and functional signatures of the in vivo MuSCs. (ca.gov)
  • This study aimed to determine the efficacy of functional training with and without blood flow restriction (BFR) on muscle hypertrophy indices and strength in older men. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Thirty older adults (67.7 ± 5.8 years) were randomly assigned to three groups: functional training (FT), functional training with BFR (FTBFR), and control (C). Participants in experimental groups were trained in three sessions per week for six weeks. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Functional training (FT), a popular form of resistance training, includes movements similar to daily life [ 17 ] seems an ideal workout routine for the older adult population. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Several types of adenosine receptors have been detected in developing and differentiated skeletal muscle cells, but little is known about the functional outcome of AR modulation on muscle AChRs. (units.it)
  • These changes include elongation, polarization, aggregation and fusion, which ultimately give rise to functional muscle. (biologists.com)
  • Compared with the control group, the cell death index of the electroacupuncture (EA) group was significantly improved, indicating that acupuncture reduced muscle cell death. (acupunctureofiowa.com)
  • Upon increasing culture times in chicken´s primary skeletal muscle satellite cells, SULF1 and SULF2 expression in 1-week-old chickens was significantly higher than in 2-week-old chickens, suggesting that sulfatases play a key role in satellite cell development. (scielo.br)
  • The expression level of the SFRP1 was significantly higher in the embryonic skeletal compared with postnatal skeletal muscle, whereas miR-206 showed the inverse pattern of expression. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The cross-sectional thyroarytenoid muscle area was significantly larger in the high-dose group than in the saline and low-dose groups on days 28 and 56. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Immunohistochemistry indicated that bFGF significantly increased the number of satellite cells in the thyroarytenoid muscle up to day 14 and that of neuromuscular junctions on days 28 and 56. (biomedcentral.com)
  • D showed a 10-fold increase of kidney damage markers Kim-1 and Ngal which was significantly suppressed in D-FIN. (met-vasc.com)
  • We have also shown that time of exercise can significantly alter the clock mechanism in skeletal muscle independent of lighting and the central clock in the brain. (ufl.edu)
  • Satellite cells in the head musculature have a unique developmental program, and are Pax3-negative. (wikipedia.org)
  • Androgens are the main physiologic anabolic steroid hormones and normal testosterone levels are necessary for a range of developmental and biological processes, including maintenance of muscle mass. (frontiersin.org)
  • We observed that, as skeletal muscle progressed from perinatal to postnatal and adult developmental stages, MSY3 protein became gradually dephosphorylated and accumulated in the nucleus. (biomedcentral.com)
  • They have proinflammatory functions: they produce effector molecules (reactive oxygen and nitrogen intermediates) and inflammatory cytokines (IL-1 β , TNF α , and IL-6) and participate as inducer and effector cells in polarized Th1 responses. (hindawi.com)
  • We hypothesize that ovarian cancer cells will induce human ovarian TVM expression. (nih.gov)
  • We will identify unique cell surface markers on in vivo derived MuSCs that distinguish PAX7-positive cells from other muscle cells and across cell states. (ca.gov)
  • In addition, IGF-1 expression in skeletal muscle extends the capacity to activate satellite cell proliferation (Charkravarthy, et al. (wikipedia.org)
  • 7 8 9 In fact, passive stretching alone can activate limb muscle satellite cells. (arvojournals.org)
  • A single, early local administration of high-dose bFGF prevented atrophic changes in the thyroarytenoid muscles by activating satellite cell proliferation and reforming neuromuscular junctions. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In this light, they will be useful for identification of new pharmacological tools to control the activity of muscle AChRs and, thus, for finding novel strategies for neuromuscular diseases associated with altered neuromuscular transmission. (units.it)