growth/size/body
• year old mice are 60% the size of age matched controls
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muscle
• pool of myogenic progenitor cells in skeletal muscle is reduced by 71%
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• repair of skeletal muscle damaged by cardiotoxin injection is impaired
• eventual regeneration is accompanied by extensive replacement of muscle with fat
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cellular
• cell cycle progression is disrupted
• increased numbers of G0 and G1 cells
• decreased numbers of S and G2/M cells
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