Group at CAS Institute of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Shanghai, finds trick for long-term expansion of adult muscle stem cells

Ping HU and colleagues have identified the presence of T cells as critical for prolonged muscle stem cell expansion. By analyzing the the T cell cytokines responsible for this effect and adding them to muscle stem cell cultivations, they achieved 1018 fold cell expansion and stability for over 20 passages.

CAS news release, May 22, 2015