Lutian Yao

Prg4+ fibro-adipogenic progenitors in muscle are crucial for bone fracture repair

This paper identifies Prg4+ fibro-adipogenic progenitors in muscle as critical for bone fracture repair by transforming into bone cells and promoting healing.

Evaluation of a scalable approach to generate cell-type specific transcriptomic profiles of mesenchymal lineage cells

The paper evaluates a scalable approach using scRNA-seq to generate cell-type specific transcriptomic profiles of mesenchymal lineage cells from mouse bone marrow-derived stromal cells.

Identification of Gli1 as a progenitor cell marker for meniscus development and injury repair

This study identifies Gli1+ cells as a progenitor population in meniscus development and injury repair, showing their therapeutic potential in preventing osteoarthritis.