Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation as a Method to Maximize the Beneficial Effects of Muscle Stem Cells Transplanted into Dystrophic Skeletal Muscle

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Distefano, Giovanna ^a,b   Ferrari, Ricardo Jose ^a,b   Weiss, Christopher ^a   Deasy, Bridget M ^b   Boninger, Michael L ^a,b   Fitzgerald, G Kelley ^b   Huard, Johnny ^a,b   Ambrosio, Fabrisia ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOUSE; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE FUNCTION; MUSCLE REGENERATION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY; NEUROMUSCULAR ELECTRICAL STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKELETAL MUSCLE; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, CD31; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; ELECTRIC STIMULATION THERAPY; FEMALE; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, INBRED MDX; MUSCLE DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY, ANIMAL; MYOBLASTS, SKELETAL; NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTION; REGENERATION; STEM CELL NICHE;

EID: 84875098960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0054922     Document Type: Article

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