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These microscopic images show gene expression in muscle stem and progenitor cells as they mature from early development to adulthood (left to right). As part of this process, the cells switch from actively expressing one key gene (green) to another (violet); this is accompanied by the growth of muscle fibers (red).
A researcher in a UCLA Health laboratory.
Leia Nghiemphu, the study’s co-author, and Dr. Frank Pajonk, the senior author.
(From left) Dr. Steven Jonas, Jason Belling and Paul Weiss of UCLA
Hsian-Rong “HR” Tseng and Dr. Vatche Agopian Headshots
Leanne Jones (right) and first author Sophia Lewis