Grafting of a single donor myofibre promotes hypertrophy in dystrophic mouse muscle.

Skeletal muscle has a remarkable capability of regeneration following injury. Satellite cells, the principal muscle stem cells, are responsible for this process. However, this regenerative capacity is reduced in muscular dystrophies or in old age: in both these situations, there is a net loss of mus...

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Main Authors: Luisa Boldrin, Jennifer E Morgan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3548842?pdf=render