Generation of Myospheres From hESCs by Epigenetic ReprogrammingSonia Albini 1, Pier Lorenzo Puri 1,2
1Muscle Development and Regeneration Program, Sanford-Burnham Institute for Medical Research, 2IRCCS Fondazione Santa Lucia
Here, we describe a protocol based on epigenetic reprogramming of human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) toward generating a homogeneous population of skeletal muscle progenitors that under permissive culture conditions form three-dimensional clusters of contractile myofibers (myospheres), which recapitulate biological features of human skeletal muscles.