title: Myogenic potential of satellite cells in skeletal muscle of old rats. A brief note.
abstract: Muscle satellite cells from old (> 30 months) female Long-Evans rats were isolated and grown in cell culture. Satellite cells differentiated in culture to form multinucleated myotubes that had the ability to accumulate muscle-specific proteins. Therefore, satellite cells exist in muscle through senescence and retain their myogenic potential.
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging; D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005260:Female; D009124:Muscle Proteins / Q000096:biosynthesis; D009132:Muscles / Q000166:cytology* / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D009124:Muscle Proteins