Sentences with phrase «myoblast fusion»
He presented results from both SMA mouse models and patients that demonstrated SMN depletion results in muscle - intrinsic defects such as reduced satellite cell number, a delay in the myogenic program, reduced myoblast fusion, and molecular homeostasis disruption.
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The fusion of myoblasts is a critical step in the formation of embryonic muscle fibers as it determines muscle size, among other things.
«We were able to identify the receptor BAI3, a protein at the surface of myoblasts, as one of the crucial missing links in the fusion of muscle cells,» adds Dr. Côté.