Methods for increasing a proportion of CD56 positive cells in sampled skeletal muscle tissue include soaking the sampled skeletal muscle tissue in a preservation solution.

The invention is in the field of cell culturing. More specifically, it is in the field of generating and expanding myogenic cells from induced pluripotent stem (i PS) cells. The invention relates inter alia to cells generated and expanded via such a method, a growth medium specifically suited for the purpose of expanding isolated myogenic cells, and methods for screening compounds on cell structures such as myotubes and myofibers.

Provided herein are methods to increase the culture density and/or thickness of a cellular biomass in a cultivation infrastructure, to improve the culture of cells in the absence of serum in a cultivation infrastructure, and to promote anchorage-independent growth of a cellular biomass in a cultivation infrastructure. The methods comprise inhibiting the HIPPO signaling pathway, for example, by activating YAP1, activating TAZ, and/or inhibiting MOB1, LATS1 kinase, LATS2 kinase, WW45, MST1 kinase, and/or MST2 kinase in the cellular biomass. In some embodiments, the cellular biomass is harvested from the cultivation infrastructure for the formulation of cell-based food products or ingredients, such as animal meat manufactured from cells in an ex vivo process or for therapeutic applications such as organ or tissue transplantation or grafting.

The present invention relates to methods and compositions for generating and using myoblast chimeric cells (MCCs) for treating a muscle disease, such as muscular dystrophy, where the MCCs are composed of a myoblast derived from a patient with muscle disease (MD) and a myoblast from a donor without the MD (e.g., a healthy donor). In certain embodiments, cell fusion methods are performed using 2-4, or 5, times passaged myoblasts from the MD and donor subject, and/or polyethylene glycol 0.5-1.5 g/ml. In other embodiments, the MCCs created by fusion are passaged 1-5 times before use, and are passaged at 60-80% confluency. In further embodiments, the myoblasts and/or MCCs are tested at any stage during the process for less than 5-10% CD34 and/or CD45 expression, and/or greater than 50-70% CD56 and/or CD90 expression.

The invention relates to a composition for enhancing utrophin expression in cell by inducing mutations within a target sequence comprising a utrophin repressor binding site using a gene editing enzyme and the use thereof for the treatment of a dy-strophinopathy.

This application relates to a method of making a cell construct, comprising a) plating a plurality of cells on a substantially flat surface; b) growing the plurality of cells to at least 80% confluent to form a cell sheet with intercellular linkages; c) applying a culture medium having a pH of about 5 to about 6.8 to the cell sheet; d) replacing the culture medium of step c) with a culture medium having a pH of about 7.5 to about 8.5; and e) replacing the culture medium of step d) with a culture medium having a pH of about 7 to about 7.7, to obtain a substantially planar untethered cell sheet. Also provided is a cell construct formed according to the method and uses thereof.

Disclosed are a protein molecular marker Dkk-3 protein associated with age-related muscle atrophy and the use thereof in the diagnosis of age-related muscle atrophy. The expression level of the Dkk-3 protein in amyotrophic cells is significantly higher than that in normal myocytes or tissues, and thus the Dkk-3 protein can be used as an effective marker for the detection of age-related muscle atrophy.

The present invention relates to a cell therapeutic agent comprising a stem cell expressing Lin28, a pharmaceutical composition comprising a stem cell expressing Lin28 for the prevention or treatment of a neurological disorder, a bone disorder, a muscular system disorder, an epithelium-related disorder or a blood-related disorder, and a method for treating a neurological disorder, a bone disorder, a muscular system disorder, an epithelium-related disorder or a blood-related disorder using the composition. A stem cell excellent in terms of differentiation potency to various tissue cells and renewal ability can be prepared by introducing Lin28, which regulates an embryonic development procedure, or a vector expressing Lin28 during stem cell culturing, and by culturing the cell.

The invention provides novel compositions, methods, and therapeutic uses related to fusogenic protein MINION (microprotein inducer of fusion).

The present disclosure provides solid collagen constructs and tissue compositions, wherein a polymerizable collagen solution or suspension is extruded in the presence or absence of cells to formed an aligned architecture comprising solid collagen constructs such as those made with fibrillar collagen. Methods of using and of manufacturing solid collagen constructs and tissue compositions, where the component collagen is solid fibrillar collagen and cells are preferentially aligned, are also provided.