“…A number of environmental factors are thought to act to facilitate myogenesis during regeneration. There is evidence that quiescent satellite cells become committed to enter the cell cycle by growth factors released from injured myofibers (Kardami et al, 1985;Bischoff, 1986bBischoff, , 1990aChen and Quinn, 1992;Jimena et al, 1993;Mezzogiorno et al, 1993). Continued proliferation of the cells may be supported by mitogens such as fibroblast growth factor (FGF) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF), which are up-regulated in muscle after injury (Jennische and Olivecrona, 1987;Jennische, 1989;Guthridge et al, 1992).…”