Spinal cord injury reprograms muscle fibro-adipogenic progenitors to formheterotopic bones within muscles
H.-W. Tseng, D. Girard, K. Alexander, S. Millard, F. Torossian, A. Anginot, W. Fleming, J. Gueguen, M.-E. Goriot, D. Clay, B. Jose, B. Nowlan, A. Pettit, M. Salga, F. Genet, , J.-P. Levesque
This study identifies fibro-adipogenic progenitors (FAPs) as the cells-of-origin for neurogenic heterotopic ossifications (NHO) following spinal cord injury, showing their reprogramming into osteoblasts.
bioRxiv · Nov 4, 2021 · PreprintPathology