... produced numerous advances in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine that will collectively serve to fill this deficiency in the near future. The purpose of this review is to highlight our current knowledge, to outline our recent advances, and to discuss the evolving paradigms in skeletal muscle...

...I. Granberg; B. Lindell; P.-O. Eriksson; F. Pedrosa-Domellöf; P. Stål The capillary supply and myosin heavy chain (MyHC) composition of three different intrinsic tongue muscles was analysed in the anterior and posterior regions of the human tongue with biochemical and immunohistochemical techniques...

... propose that extracellular matrices from skeletal muscle could be developed for adipose tissue engineering. Methods: Extracellular matrices (Myogels) extracted from skeletal muscle of various species were assessed using biochemical assays including ELISA and Western blotting. Biofunctionality was assessed...

... of nerves, alpha bungarotoxin binding and immunohistochemistry to describe muscle fiber architecture and motor endplate (MEP) distribution of the human superior longitudinalis muscle (SL). The human SL extends from tongue base to tongue tip and is composed of fiber bundles that range from 2.8 to 15.7 mm...

... interaction between muscle fibers and extracellular matrix. Although numerous studies have been conducted on these systems, their localization and distribution patterns along the nonjunctional sarcolemma are not clear. On this basis, we carried out an indirect immunofluorescence study on the vastus lateralis...

...James J. Sciote; Michael J. Horton; Anthea M. Rowlerson; Jason Link Mammalian skeletal muscle fibers can be classified into functional types by the heavy chain (MyHC) and light chain (MyLC) isoforms of myosin (the primary motor protein) that they contain. Most human skeletal muscle contains fiber...

...S.A. McCoard; W.C. McNabb; M.J. Birtles; P.M. Harris; S.N. McCutcheon; S.W. Peterson Previous studies have implied that myonuclei accumulation in a muscle is more important than myofibre number in the determination of muscle size in fetal/neonatal lambs. However, due to the lack of a reliable...

...Graciela A. Unguez; Robert J. Talmadge; Roland R. Roy; Donny Dalponte; V. Reggie Edgerton The expression of myosin heavy chain (MHC) isoforms leading to adult fiber phenotypes in the tibialis anterior (TA) and soleus muscles of the cat were investigated from embryonic day 35 to 1 year after birth...