Molecular regulation of muscle stem cells, myogenic differentiation, and muscle regeneration.
Representative Publications
Zhu H, Xiao F, Wang G, Wei X, Jiang L, Chen Y, Zhu L, Wang HX, Diao Y, Wang HT, Ip NY, Cheung TH, and Wu Z (2016). STAT3 Regulates Self-Renewal of Adult Muscle Satellite Cells during Injury-Induced Muscle Regeneration. Cell Rep 16: 2102-15.
An Y, Wang G, Diao Y, Long Y, Fu X, Weng M, Zhou L, Sun K, Cheung TH, Ip NY, Sun H, Wang HT, and Wu Z (2017). A Molecular Switch Regulating Cell Fate Choice between Muscle Progenitor Cells and Brown Adipocytes. Dev Cell. 41: 382-91.
Wang G, Zhu H, Situ C, Han L, Yu Y, Cheung TH, Liu K, and Wu Z (2018). p110α of PI3K is necessary and sufficient for quiescence exit in adult muscle satellite cells. EMBO J. e98239.
Han L, Wang G, Zhou S, Situ C, He Z, Li Y, Qiu Y, Huang Y, Xu A, Ong MTY, Wang H, Zhang J, Wu Z. (2022). Muscle satellite cells are impaired in type 2 diabetic mice by elevated extracellular adenosine. Cell Rep. 39: 110884.