Tenotomy immobilization as a model to investigate skeletal muscle fibrosis (with emphasis on Secreted frizzled-related protein 2)

Identification and characterization of PDGFRα+ mesenchymal progenitors in human skeletal muscle

(2014) A Uezumi et al.   Cell Death & Disease

Secreted Frizzled-related protein 2 as a target in antifibrotic therapeutic intervention

(2013) Michalis Mastri et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-CELL PHYSIOLOGY

Defining skeletal muscle resident progenitors and their cell fate potentials

(2013) A. Pannerec et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Fibroadipogenic progenitors mediate the ability of HDAC inhibitors to promote regeneration in dystrophic muscles of young, but not old Mdx mice

(2013) Chiara Mozzetta et al.   EMBO Molecular Medicine

Satellite cells, connective tissue fibroblasts and their interactions are crucial for muscle regeneration

(2011) M. M. Murphy et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Fibrosis and adipogenesis originate from a common mesenchymal progenitor in skeletal muscle

(2011) A. Uezumi et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Stretch augments TGF-β1 expression through RhoA/ROCK1/2, PTK, and PI3K in airway smooth muscle cells

(2010) Junaith Shaik Mohamed et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-LUNG CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Mitochondrial fission and remodelling contributes to muscle atrophy

(2010) Vanina Romanello et al.   EMBO JOURNAL

Targeting Fibrosis in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

(2010) Lan Zhou et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROPATHOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROLOGY

Exogenously administered secreted frizzled related protein 2 (Sfrp2) reduces fibrosis and improves cardiac function in a rat model of myocardial infarction

(2010) W. He et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reprogramming of Human Umbilical Cord Stromal Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Myogenic Differentiation and Muscle Repair

(2010) Çetin Kocaefe et al.   Stem Cell Reviews and Reports

Inhibition of myoblast differentiation by Sfrp1 and Sfrp2

(2008) Simon Descamps et al.   CELL AND TISSUE RESEARCH

Myostatin Directly Regulates Skeletal Muscle Fibrosis

(2008) Zhao Bo Li et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Stretch reduces central core lesions and calcium build-up in tenotomized soleus

(2008) David V. Baewer et al.   MUSCLE & NERVE

Secreted Frizzled-related protein 2 is a procollagen C proteinase enhancer with a role in fibrosis associated with myocardial infarction

(2008) Koichi Kobayashi et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Calcium-dependent proteolytic system and muscle dysfunctions: A possible role of calpains in sarcopenia

(2007) E. Dargelos et al.   BIOCHIMIE

Skeletal muscle cells express the profibrotic cytokine connective tissue growth factor (CTGF/CCN2), which induces their dedifferentiation

(2007) Cecilia Vial et al.   JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY

Connective tissue growth factor is overexpressed in muscles of human muscular dystrophy

(2007) Guilian Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF THE NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES