Grefte S, Kuijpers MAR, Kuijpers‐Jagtman AM, Torensma R, Von den Hoff JW. Myogenic capacity of muscle progenitor cells from head and limb muscles.
© 2012 Eur J Oral SciThe restoration of muscles in the soft palate of patients with cleft lip and/or palate is accompanied by fibrosis, which leads to speech and feeding problems. Treatment strategies that improve muscle regeneration have only been tested in limb muscles. Therefore, in the present study the myogenic potential of muscle progenitor cells (MPCs) isolated from head muscles was compared with that of limb muscles. Muscle progenitor cells were isolated from the head muscles and limb muscles of rats and cultured. The proliferation of MPCs was analysed by DNA quantification. The differentiation capacity was analysed by quantifying …
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