Prevention by anti-LFA-1 of acute myoblast death following transplantation.
Authors:Guérette B, Skuk D, Célestin F, Huard C, Tardif F, Asselin I, Roy B, Goulet M, Roy R, Entman M, Tremblay JP
Journal:J Immunol
PubMed ID:9278346
'Myoblast transplantation is a potential treatment for Duchenne muscular dystrophy. One of the problems possibly responsible for the limited success of clinical trials is the rapid death of the myoblasts after transplantation. To investigate this problem, myoblasts expressing beta-galactosidase were injected in the tibialis anterior muscles of mice. Beta-galactosidase activity ... More