Fibroblast fusion to the muscle fiber regulates myotendinous junction formation
Wesal Yaseen, Ortal Kraft-Sheleg, Shelly Zaffryar‐Eilot, Shay Melamed, Chengyi Sun, Douglas P. Millay, Peleg Hasson
The paper identifies fibroblasts that adopt a myogenic program and fuse into muscle fibers at myotendinous junctions, contributing to junction formation through hybrid cell characteristics.
Nature Communications · Jun 22, 2021Peer-reviewedDevelopmental Biology