Kristen M Stearns-Reider, Antonio D'Amore, Kevin Beezhold, Benjamin Rothrauff, Loredana Cavalli, William R Wagner, David A Vorp, Alkiviadis Tsamis, Sunita Shinde, Changqing Zhang, Aaron Barchowsky, Thomas A Rando, Rocky S Tuan, Fabrisia Ambrosio
Age-related declines in skeletal muscle regeneration have been attributed to muscle stem cell (MuSC) dysfunction. Aged MuSCs display a fibrogenic conversion, leading to fibrosis and impaired recovery after injury. Although studies have demonstrated the influence of in vitro substrate characteristics on stem cell fate, whether and how aging of the extracellular matrix (ECM) affects stem cell behavior has not been investigated. Here, we investigated the direct effect of the aged muscle ECM on MuSC lineage specification...
June 2017: Aging Cell