Skeletal muscle is made up of bundles of contracting muscle fibers and each muscle fiber is surrounded by satellite cells--muscle stem cells that can produce new muscle fibers.

Researchers building a model of muscle damage in a cultured system found that components leaking from broken muscle fibers activate ''satellite cells,'' which are muscle stem cells. While ...

A TBP-containing TFIID-protein complex activates genes that regenerate muscle tissue, ... Defining the Components Needed to Regenerate Skeletal Muscle. by Bidita Debnath on February 11, 2016 at 2: ...

Our skeletal muscles, which link to bones and enable us to move, have a remarkable ability to regenerate after they've suffered an injury. Scientists have now developed a cutting edge microscopy tool ...

Sustained Activation of mTORC1 in Skeletal Muscle Inhibits Constitutive and Starvation-Induced Autophagy and Causes a Severe, Late-Onset Myopathy. Cell Metabolism , 2013; DOI: 10.1016/j.cmet.2013. ...

Smooth muscle cells make up thin sheets of muscle, such as the stomach lining. They can also be arranged in bundles, or rings, like that in the anus. Skeletal muscle is joined to bones.

What if organ transplants effect more than just biological function? Research suggests transplanted pig organs could carry animal memories to human recipients.