Search Results - "Muscat, Samantha N"

Scleraxis-lineage cell depletion improves tendon healing and disrupts adult tendon homeostasis by Best, Katherine T, Korcari, Antonion, Mora, Keshia E, Nichols, Anne Ec, Muscat, Samantha N, Knapp, Emma, Buckley, Mark R, Loiselle, Alayna E

“…Despite the requirement for -lineage (Scx ) cells during tendon development, the function of Scx cells during adult tendon repair, post-natal growth, and adult…”
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Identification of Periostin as a critical niche for myofibroblast dynamics and fibrosis during tendon healing by Ackerman, Jessica E., Muscat, Samantha N., Adjei-Sowah, Emmanuela, Korcari, Antonion, Nichols, Anne E.C., Buckley, Mark R., Loiselle, Alayna E.

“…•Periostin-lineage cells contribute to a transient but not persistent myofibroblast population.•Periostin serves as a supportive niche for myofibroblast…”
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Metabolic Regulation of Tendon Inflammation and Healing Following Injury by Ackerman, Jessica E., Best, Katherine T., Muscat, Samantha N., Loiselle, Alayna E.

“…Purpose of Review This review seeks to provide an overview of the role of inflammation and metabolism in tendon cell function, tendinopathy, and tendon…”
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Impact of isolation method on cellular activation and presence of specific tendon cell subpopulations during in vitro culture by Nichols, Anne E. C., Muscat, Samantha N., Miller, Sarah E., Green, Luke J., Richards, Michael S., Loiselle, Alayna E.

“…Tendon injuries are common and heal poorly, due in part to a lack of understanding of fundamental tendon cell biology. A major impediment to the study of…”
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Defining the spatial-molecular map of fibrotic tendon healing and the drivers of Scleraxis-lineage cell fate and function by Ackerman, Jessica E, Best, Katherine T, Muscat, Samantha N, Pritchett, Elizabeth M, Nichols, Anne E C, Wu, Chia-Lung, Loiselle, Alayna E

“…Tendon injuries heal via a scar-mediated response, and there are no biological approaches to promote more regenerative healing. Mouse flexor tendons heal…”
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