Jean Farup, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Biomedicine
Research team
Research areas
- Skeletal muscle regulation
- Muscle stem cells
- Fibro-adipogenic progenitors
Research description
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The primary focus of my research group is to understand the role of human skeletal muscle stem cell and fibro-adipogenic progenitors during degeneration and rejuvenation of skeletal muscle.
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The overall questions centers on whether intrinsic or environmental changes are underlying the potential dysfunction of these stem cell populations during ageing and diseases characterized by muscle degeneration.
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As my work mainly entails human cells a certain body of the research also centers on basic characterization of the cells in human skeletal muscle as these are yet poorly defined. We utilize a combination of basic and translational strategies to pursue these questions.