Gina M Mosich, Regina Husman, Paras Shah, Abhinav Sharma, Kevin Rezzadeh, Temidayo Aderibigbe, Vivian J Hu, Daniel J McClintick, Genbin Wu, Jonathan D Gatto, Haibin Xi, April D Pyle, Bruno Péault, Frank A Petrigliano, Ayelet Dar
Massive tears of the rotator cuff (RC) are associated with chronic muscle degeneration due to fibrosis, fatty infiltration, and muscle atrophy. The microenvironment of diseased muscle often impairs efficient engraftment and regenerative activity of transplanted myogenic precursors. Accumulating myofibroblasts and fat cells disrupt the muscle stem cell niche and myogenic cell signaling and deposit excess disorganized connective tissue. Therefore, restoration of the damaged stromal niche with non-fibro-adipogenic cells is a prerequisite to successful repair of an injured RC...
December 19, 2019: JCI Insight