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. 2017:1556:223-236.
doi: 10.1007/978-1-4939-6771-1_11.

Engraftment of FACS Isolated Muscle Stem Cells into Injured Skeletal Muscle

Matthew Tierney  1   2 , Alessandra Sacco  3
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Engraftment of FACS Isolated Muscle Stem Cells into Injured Skeletal Muscle

Matthew Tierney et al. Methods Mol Biol. 2017.

Abstract

Skeletal muscle stem cell (MuSC) isolation and transplantation are invaluable tools to assess their capacity for self-renewal and tissue repair. Significant technical advances in recent years have led to the optimization of these approaches, improving our ability to assess MuSC regenerative potential. Here, we describe the procedures for Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorting (FACS)-based isolation of MuSC, their intramuscular transplantation, and analysis of their engraftment into host tissues.

Keywords: Engraftment; FACS-based cell isolation; Muscle regeneration; Skeletal muscle stem cells; Transplantation.

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