Increased microenvironment stiffness in damaged myofibers promotes myogenic progenitor cell proliferation

1 Research Centre of the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Sherbrooke (CRCHUS), Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

2 Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

3 Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

4 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, 3001–12th Avenue North, Sherbrooke J1H 5 N4, QC, Canada

5 New address: Hubrecht Institute, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands