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Skeletal muscle satellite cells are essential for muscle fiber repair and remodeling in response to exercise, with their activation, proliferation, and differentiation playing a key role in muscle adaptation.
To build muscle, you need to stimulate your satellite cells through exercise. This can be done through resistance training, eccentric exercise, or other forms of physical activity. Your body will then use these cells to repair and remodel your muscle fibers, leading to growth and adaptation.
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Skeletal muscle satellite cells are considered to play a crucial role in muscle fiber maintenance, repair and remodeling.
Why this rating
The paper is a review of multiple human studies, providing substantial evidence, but it is not a single clinical trial.
Source
Satellite cells in human skeletal muscle plasticity
Tim Snijders et al. · Frontiers in Physiology · 2015
DOI 10.3389/fphys.2015.00283
narrative_reviewCited 354×
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