Nature Communications (Mar 2016)

Stabilin-2 modulates the efficiency of myoblast fusion during myogenic differentiation and muscle regeneration

  • Seung-Yoon Park,
  • Youngeun Yun,
  • Jung-Suk Lim,
  • Mi-Jin Kim,
  • Sang-Yeob Kim,
  • Jung-Eun Kim,
  • In-San Kim

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10871
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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Phosphatidylserine and its receptors are associated with cell-cell fusion. Here, the authors show the phosphatidylserine receptor stabilin-2 is expressed by muscle cells and plays a vital role in myoblast fusion and post-injury muscle regeneration in mice.