2010 Jul;31(20):5385-96 Ex vivo expansion of human circulating myogenic progenitors on cluster-assembled nanostructured TiO2. Belicchi M, Erratico S, Razini P, Meregalli M, Cattaneo A, Jacchetti E, Farini A, Villa C, Bresolin N, Porretti L, Lenardi C, Milani P, Torrente Y Abstract Ex vivo expansion of hematopoietic stem cells has been explored in the fields of…

2010;260(2):75-82. Mesenchymal stem cells as anti-inflammatories: implications for treatment of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Ichim TE, Alexandrescu DT, Solano F, Lara F, Campion Rde N, Paris E, Woods EJ, Murphy MP, Dasanu CA, Patel AN, Marleau AM, Leal A, Riordan NH. Medistem Inc., San Diego, CA 92122, USA. Abstract Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal…

2010 Jun;41(6):746-50 Inefficient dystrophin expression after cord blood transplantation in Duchenne muscular dystrophy. Kang PB, Lidov HG, White AJ, Mitchell M, Balasubramanian A, Estrella E, Bennett RR, Darras BT, Shapiro FD, Bambach BJ, Kurtzberg J, Gussoni E, Kunkel LM Abstract We report a boy who received two allogeneic stem cell transplantations from umbilical cord donors…

2010 Jun;5(2):133-6. The potential for treatment of skeletal muscle disorders with adipose-derived stem cells. Mizuno H. Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 1138603, Japan. hmizuno@nms.ac.jp Abstract Stem cell based therapies for the repair and regeneration of various tissues and organs offer a paradigm shift that may provide alternative…

2010 Jan 4;120(1):11-9. doi: 10.1172/JCI40373. Repairing skeletal muscle: regenerative potential of skeletal muscle stem cells. Tedesco FS, Dellavalle A, Diaz-Manera J, Messina G, Cossu G. Division of Regenerative Medicine, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, 58 via Olgettina, Milan, Italy. Abstract Skeletal muscle damaged by injury or by degenerative diseases such as muscular dystrophy is able to…