Table 1.

Satellite cell alterations in different atrophic conditions.

Condition	Changes in number	Changes in function	Notes	References
Aging	↓ =	Yes	↓ proliferation ↓ myogenic differentiation	Snijders et al. (2009) and Alway et al. (2014)
Cachexia	↑	Yes	↑ activation/proliferation ↓ differentiation/fusion	Penna et al. (2010) and He et al. (2013)
Denervation	↑*	Yes	↑ activation/proliferation ↓ fusion	Viguie et al. (1997), Borisov et al. (2005) and Doppler et al. (2008)
Hind limb suspension	↓ = ↑	Yes	↓ proliferation ↓ differentiation	Mitchell and Pavlath (2004) Brooks and Myburgh (2014)
Glucocorticoids	n.d.	Yes	↓ proliferation ↓ differentiation	Dong et al. (2013)
DMD	↑	Yes	↓ proliferation ↓ myogenic differentiation/fusion	Blau et al. (1983) and Delaporte et al. (1984) Jasmin et al. (1984), Melone et al. (1999) and Biressi et al. (2014)

↑, Increase; ↓, decrease; =, unchanged; n.d., not defined; * initial increase, but reduced in the long-term (Viguie et al., 1997).