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The method for obtaining human myoblast culture has been modified to consider the specific histological localization of the satellite cells as well as their growth properties; the cultivation conditions have been selected to grow up to 150000 cells/cm2. At high densities, the cells remain mononuclear and preserve their typical myoblast morphology as well as the capacity for fusion and the formation of myotubes. By contrast to fibroblasts, up to 80% of the cells in the myoblast culture were positive in the acid phosphatase test, which indicates their stem nature. The obtained myoblast cultures were used in the clinical tests of cell-mediated gene therapy of Duchenne's muscular dystrophy as well as in the bioassay for the effects of biologically active compounds.
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Terekhov, S.M., Krokhina, T.B., Shishkin, S.S. et al. Human Myoblast Culture as Muscle Stem Cells in Medical and Biological Studies. Biology Bulletin 28, 630–635 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012380505528
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