Bioengineered constructs combined with exercise enhance stem cell-mediated treatment of volumetric muscle loss

Volumetric muscle loss leads to functional muscle impairment, and current stem cell-based treatments show limited efficacy. Here, the authors generate a stem cell scaffold, implant it in mice, and show that an exercise regimen enhances innervation and restoration of muscle function in mice.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Marco Quarta, Melinda Cromie, Robert Chacon, Justin Blonigan, Victor Garcia, Igor Akimenko, Mark Hamer, Patrick Paine, Merel Stok, Joseph B. Shrager, Thomas A. Rando
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15613