The First Characterization of a Novel Stem Cell Population and the Temporal Relationship with Satellite Cells in Human Skeletal Muscle

Skeletal muscle possesses the remarkable ability to repair itself in response to a damaging stimulus. Muscle repair or myogenesis is driven by the activation and proliferation of muscle‐resident stem cells known as satellite cells (SC) and the subsequent fusion or donation of myonuclei into skeletal muscle fibers. Although SC have been identified as the main skeletal muscle progenitor, several other unique cell populations have been recognized …