402. Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Can Ameliorate the Progressive Phenotype of Dog With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an incurable genetic disease with early mortality that exhibits skeletal muscle weakness with chronic inflammation. Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) could be a potential therapeutics because of their immunosuppressive properties and ability of differentiation to myogenic cells in situ. In the present study, we examined the strategies for effective cell transplantation to develop a novel approach for functional recovery of the skeletal muscles using a dog model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy.