Combined Notch and PDGF Signaling Enhances Migration and Expression of Stem Cell Markers while Inducing Perivascular Cell Features in Muscle Satellite Cells

Mattia Francesco Maria Gerli, Louise Anne Moyle, Sara Benedetti, Giulia Ferrari, Ekin Ucuncu, Martina Ragazzi, Chrystalla Constantinou, Irene Louca, Hiroshi Sakai, Pierpaolo Ala, Paolo De Coppi, Shahragim Tajbakhsh, Giulio Cossu, Francesco Saverio Tedesco*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Gerli and Moyle and colleagues show that treatment with molecules involved in developmental specification of pericytes (DLL4 and PDGF-BB) alters satellite cell fate and provides them with features potentially relevant for novel cell therapy protocols.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)461-473
Number of pages13
JournalStem Cell Reports
Volume12
Issue number3
Early online date7 Feb 2019
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Mar 2019

Keywords

  • cell therapy
  • muscle regeneration
  • muscle stem cells
  • muscular dystrophy
  • NOTCH
  • PDGF
  • perivascular cells
  • reprogramming
  • satellite cells
  • stem cell fate

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