More efficient repair of DNA double-strand breaks in skeletal muscle stem cells compared to their committed progeny

The loss of genome integrity in adult stem cells results in accelerated tissue aging and is possibly cancerogenic. Adult stem cells in different tissues appear to react robustly to DNA damage. We report that adult skeletal stem (satellite) cells do not primarily respond to radiation-induced DNA dou...

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Main Authors: Leyla Vahidi Ferdousi, Pierre Rocheteau, Romain Chayot, Benjamin Montagne, Zayna Chaker, Patricia Flamant, Shahragim Tajbakhsh, Miria Ricchetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2014-11-01
Series:Stem Cell Research
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873506114000944