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Muscle CD31(-) CD45(-) side population cells promote muscle regeneration by stimulating proliferation and migration of myoblasts.
The American journal of pathology - 1 Sept 2008
Motohashi Norio, Uezumi Akiyoshi, Yada Erica, Fukada So-ichiro, Fukushima Kazuhiro, Imaizumi Kazuhiko, Miyagoe-Suzuki Yuko, Takeda Shin'ichi
Abstract excerpt
CD31(-) CD45(-) side population (SP) cells are a minor SP subfraction that have mesenchymal stem cell-like properties in uninjured skeletal muscle but that can expand on muscle injury. To clarify the role of these SP cells in muscle regeneration, we injected green fluorescent protein (GFP)-positive myoblasts with or without CD31(-) CD45(-) SP cells into the tibialis anterior muscles of immunodeficient NOD/scid...
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