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Transcriptomic Analysis of Skeletal Muscle Regeneration Across Mouse Lifespan Identifies Altered Stem Cell States

Walter et al., Nature Aging. 2024.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39578558

Age-related skeletal muscle regeneration dysfunction is poorly understood. Using single-cell transcriptomics and high-resolution spatial transcriptomics, researchers evaluated factors contributing to age-related decline in skeletal muscle regeneration after injury in young, old, and geriatric male and female mice (5, 20, and 26 months old). Eight immune cell types were identified and associated with age-related dynamics and distinct muscle stem cell states specific to old and geriatric tissue. The findings emphasize the role of extrinsic and intrinsic factors, including cellular senescence, in disrupting muscle repair. This study provides a spatial and molecular framework for understanding regenerative decline and cellular heterogeneity in aging skeletal muscle. Supported by ORIP (F30OD032097), NIA, NIAID, NIAMS, NICHD, and NIDA.

SARS-CoV-2 Infects Neurons and Induces Neuroinflammation in a Non-Human Primate Model of COVID-19

Beckman et al., Cell Reports. 2022.

https://www.doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2022.111573

SARS-CoV-2 causes brain fog and other neurological complications in some patients. It has been unclear whether SARS-CoV-2 infects the brain directly or whether central nervous system sequelae result from systemic inflammatory responses triggered in the periphery. Using a rhesus macaque model, researchers detected SARS-CoV-2 in the olfactory cortex and interconnected regions 7 days after infection, demonstrating that the virus enters the brain through the olfactory nerve. Neuroinflammation and neuronal damage were more severe in elderly monkeys with type 2 diabetes. The researchers found that in aged monkeys, SARS-CoV-2 traveled farther along nerve pathways to regions associated with Alzheimer's disease. Supported by ORIP (P51OD011107) and NIA.