Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Depletion of CD206+ M2-like macrophages induces fibro-adipogenic progenitors activation and muscle regeneration

  • Allah Nawaz,
  • Muhammad Bilal,
  • Shiho Fujisaka,
  • Tomonobu Kado,
  • Muhammad Rahil Aslam,
  • Saeed Ahmed,
  • Keisuke Okabe,
  • Yoshiko Igarashi,
  • Yoshiyuki Watanabe,
  • Takahide Kuwano,
  • Koichi Tsuneyama,
  • Ayumi Nishimura,
  • Yasuhiro Nishida,
  • Seiji Yamamoto,
  • Masakiyo Sasahara,
  • Johji Imura,
  • Hisashi Mori,
  • Martin M. Matzuk,
  • Fujimi Kudo,
  • Ichiro Manabe,
  • Akiyoshi Uezumi,
  • Takashi Nakagawa,
  • Yumiko Oishi,
  • Kazuyuki Tobe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34191-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Muscle regeneration requires the contribution and communication of various different cell types. Here, Nawaz et al. show that CD206+ macrophages inhibit the secretion of the promyogenic factor follistatin by fibro-adipogenic progenitor cells, impeding myogenesis and muscle regeneration.