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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Mus musculus
SUBMITTER: Jerome Feige
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-81096 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Nature medicine 20160704 8
Age-related changes in the niche have long been postulated to impair the function of somatic stem cells. Here we demonstrate that the aged stem cell niche in skeletal muscle contains substantially reduced levels of fibronectin (FN), leading to detrimental consequences for the function and maintenance of muscle stem cells (MuSCs). Deletion of the gene encoding FN from young regenerating muscles replicates the aging phenotype and leads to a loss of MuSC numbers. By using an extracellular matrix (E ...[more]