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Functional properties of regenerating skeletal muscle following LIF administration
P Gregorevic1, A Hayes, G S Lynch
1Department of Physiology, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Muscle & Nerve
|September 26, 2000
Abstract:
We tested the hypothesis that periodic systemic administration of the myogenic cytokine leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) enhances the functional recovery of regenerating skeletal muscle following bupivacaine-induced degeneration. LIF had no effect on functional capacity or regenerating myofiber size in rat muscles at 7, 14, or 21 days post-injury. The results do not support exogenous administration of LIF as a treatment for acute muscle injury, but a more frequent dosing regimen should be tested.