Mechanical compression creates a quiescent muscle stem cell niche

Tao, Jiaxiang; Choudhury, Mohammad Ikbal; Maity, Debonil; Kim, Taeki; Sun, Sean X. X.; Fan, Chen-Ming
2023
COMMUNICATIONS BIOLOGY
DOI
10.1038/s42003-023-04411-2
Mechanical compression drives activated muscle stem cells (MuSCs) into a quiescent stem cell state providing insight into MuSC activity during injury-regeneration cycles.