A Muscular Deficit (IMAGE)

Rockefeller University

A Muscular Deficit

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When the researchers shut off the expression of laminin (red) in pericyte and PIC stem cells, the affected mice (right) showed a dramatic alteration in muscle fiber maturation (green), as is seen in muscular dystrophy patients. Normal mouse muscle appears on the left.

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Patricia and John Rosenwald Laboratory of Neurobiology and Genetics at The Rockefeller University/Nature Communications

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