Nature Communications (Mar 2022)

Primary cilia on muscle stem cells are critical to maintain regenerative capacity and are lost during aging

  • Adelaida R. Palla,
  • Keren I. Hilgendorf,
  • Ann V. Yang,
  • Jaclyn P. Kerr,
  • Aaron C. Hinken,
  • Janos Demeter,
  • Peggy Kraft,
  • Nancie A. Mooney,
  • Nora Yucel,
  • David M. Burns,
  • Yu Xin Wang,
  • Peter K. Jackson,
  • Helen M. Blau

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-29150-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Repair of muscle damage requires muscle stem cells, which lose regenerative capacity with aging. Here, the authors show that a sensory organelle, the primary cilium, is critical for muscle stem cell proliferation during regeneration and lost with aging.