Inhibiting Myostatin with Follistatin Improves the Success of Myoblast Transplantation in Dystrophic Mice
Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a recessive disease due to a mutation in the dystrophin gene. Myoblast transplantation permits to introduce the dystrophin gene in dystrophic muscle fibers. However, the success of this approach is reduced by the short duration of the regeneration following the transpl...
Main Authors: | , , , , , , , |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2008-03-01
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Series: | Cell Transplantation |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3727/096368908784153913 |