Description
Satellite cells are resident skeletal muscle stem cells responsible for muscle maintenance and repair.  In resting muscle, satellite cells are maintained in a quiescent state.  Satellite cell activation induces the myogenic commitment factor, MyoD, and cell cycle entry to facilitate transition to a population of proliferating myoblasts that eventually exit the cycle and regenerate muscle tissue.  The molecular mechanism involved in the transition of a quiescent satellite cell to a transit-amplifying myoblast is poorly understood.