Endocrine Abstracts

Although mature skeletal muscle fibres are viewed as post-mitotic cells, they possess the ability to regenerate in pathological situations. Regeneration is mediated by satellite cells, which under appropriate conditions, will proliferate, then fuse and finally participate in the formation of regenerated fibres. Other cell types, including stem cells harvested from varied tissues, also fulfil the satellite cell role under certain conditions. Recent research has centred on ident...