Human multipotent adipose‐derived stem cells restore dystrophin expression of Duchenne skeletal‐muscle cells in vitro
Biology of the Cell2008Vol. 100(4), pp. 231–241
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Natássia M. Vieira, V. Brandalise, Eder Zucconi, Tatiana Jazedje, Mariane Secco, Viviane Abreu Nunes, Bryan E. Strauss, Mariz Vainzof, Mayana Zatz
Abstract
These results show that ASCs have the potential to interact with dystrophic muscle cells, restoring dystrophin expression of DMD cells in vitro. The possibility of using adipose tissue as a source of stem cell therapies for muscular diseases is extremely exciting.
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