Concise Review: Stem Cell Therapy for Muscular Dystrophies

Overview

Journal Stem Cells Transl Med

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialties Cell Biology
Pharmacology

Date 2012 Dec 1

PMID 23197695

Citations 22

Authors

Karlijn J Wilschut

Vivian B Ling

Harold S Bernstein

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Abstract

Muscular dystrophy comprises a group of genetic diseases that cause progressive weakness and degeneration of skeletal muscle resulting from defective proteins critical to muscle structure and function. This leads to premature exhaustion of the muscle stem cell pool that maintains muscle integrity during normal use and exercise. Stem cell therapy holds promise as a treatment for muscular dystrophy by providing cells that can both deliver functional muscle proteins and replenish the stem cell pool. Here, we review the current state of research on myogenic stem cells and identify the important challenges that must be addressed as stem cell therapy is brought to the clinic.

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