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Samples of minced human muscle were cultured in millipore diffusion chambers incubated in the peritoneal cavities of mice. In about half the chambers the minced muscle samples were mixed with autogenous bone marrow cells which lead to improved myogenic growth. A similar but less marked effect was produced by mononuclear cells from the patients’ blood. No growth enhancement occurred when the muscle and marrow cells were separated by a filter in double chambers. In addition to accelerated myogenesis, the chambers with added bone marrow cells had a much lower incidence of infection. This work may have practical clinical implications for the treatment of muscle injuries. Local implantation of autogenous marrow cells (±minced muscle) may prove useful in improving myogenic regeneration.
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Yarom, R., Meyer, S., Carmy, O. et al. Enhancement of human muscle growth in diffusion chambers by bone marrow cells. Virchows Archiv B Cell Pathol 41, 171–180 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02890279
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02890279