Systemic delivery of allogenic muscle stem cells induces long-term muscle repair and clinical efficacy in duchenne muscular dystrophy dogs

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 179, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2501-2518

  Rouger, Karl ^a,b   Larcher, Thibaut ^a,b   Dubreil, Laurence ^a,b   Deschamps, Jack Yves ^a,b   Le Guiner, Caroline ^c,d   Jouvion, Gregory ^a,e   Delorme, Bruno ^c,f,g   Lieubeau, Blandine ^b,h   Carlus, Marine ^a,b   Fornasari, Benot ^a,b   Theret, Marine ^a,b   Orlando, Priscilla ^a,b   Ledevin, Mireille ^a,b   Zuber, Céline ^a,b   Leroux, Isabelle ^a,b   Deleau, Stéphane ^a,b   Guigand, Lydie ^a,b   Testault, Isabelle ⁱ   Le Rumeur, Elisabeth ^j,k   Fiszman, Marc ^c,j   Chérel, Yan ^a,b   more..

^a INRA UMR 703   (France)

^b LUNAM UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

^d HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^e INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

^g MacoPharma   (France)

^h UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

ⁱ Centre Hospitalier Vétérinaire Atlantia   (France)

^j CNRS   (France)

^k Inst de Rech Contre le Cancer IRCC   (France)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYSTROPHIN;

ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ALLOGENIC MUSCLE STEM CELL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL EXPANSION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; DUCHENNE MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; EX VIVO STUDY; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE INJURY; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MYOTUBE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; SKELETAL MUSCLE SATELLITE CELL; STEM CELL; THERAPY EFFECT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELLS, CULTURED; DOGS; DYSTROPHIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; INJECTIONS, INTRAMUSCULAR; MUSCLE CELLS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, DUCHENNE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 80055017455     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: 15252191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajpath.2011.07.022     Document Type: Article

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