Identification, Isolation, and Characterization of Fibro-Adipogenic Progenitors (FAPs) and Myogenic Progenitors (MPs) in Skeletal Muscle in the RatLucas Jaryd Iringan Te *1, Christina Doherty *1, Judy Correa 1, Jane Batt 1,2
1Keenan Research Center for Biomedical Science, St Michaels Hospital, Unity Health Toronto, 2Department of Medicine and Interdepartmental Division of Critical Care Medicine, University of Toronto
This protocol outlines a method to isolate Fibro-adipogenic progenitors (FAPs) and myogenic progenitors (MPs) from rat skeletal muscle. Utilization of the rat in muscle injury models provides increased tissue availability from atrophic muscle for the analysis and a larger repertoire of validated methods to assess muscle strength and gait in free-moving animals.
