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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Homo sapiens
SUBMITTER: Alvin Kho
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-26869 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Frank Natasha Y NY Kho Alvin T AT Schatton Tobias T Murphy George F GF Molloy Michael J MJ Zhan Qian Q Ramoni Marco F MF Frank Markus H MH Kohane Isaac S IS Gussoni Emanuela E
The Journal of cell biology 20061002 1
Skeletal muscle side population (SP) cells are thought to be "stem"-like cells. Despite reports confirming the ability of muscle SP cells to give rise to differentiated progeny in vitro and in vivo, the molecular mechanisms defining their phenotype remain unclear. In this study, gene expression analyses of human fetal skeletal muscle demonstrate that bone morphogenetic protein 4 (BMP4) is highly expressed in SP cells but not in main population (MP) mononuclear muscle-derived cells. Functional st ...[more]