Nature Communications (Jan 2017)

Pten is necessary for the quiescence and maintenance of adult muscle stem cells

  • Feng Yue,
  • Pengpeng Bi,
  • Chao Wang,
  • Tizhong Shan,
  • Yaohui Nie,
  • Timothy L. Ratliff,
  • Timothy P. Gavin,
  • Shihuan Kuang

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14328
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Pten is known to regulate haematopoietic stem cell functions. Here the authors show that Ptenalteration of Notch signalling has stage-specific muscle regenerative functions in muscle stem cells by preventing premature differentiation of quiescent cells and enhancing the self-renewal of activated cells.