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  • Injections, exercise promote muscle regrowth after atrophy in mice, study finds

    Marni Boppart, Hyun Joon Kong and their colleagues found that injections of pericytes can aid muscle regrowth in mice after disuse atrophy.

    U. of I. kinesiology and community health professor Marni Boppart, chemical and biomolecular engineering professor Hyun Joon Kong and their colleagues discovered that injections of support cells known as pericytes can aid muscle regrowth after disuse atrophy. The study was conducted in mice.

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  • Editor’s notes:

    To reach Marni Boppart, call 217-244-1459; email mboppart@illinois.edu.  

    The paper “Pericyte transplantation improves skeletal muscle recovery following hindlimb immobilization” is available online and from the U. of I. News Bureau.

    DOI: 10.1096/fj.201802580R