Research Article

Superoxide Anion Production and Bioenergetic Profile in Young and Elderly Human Primary Myoblasts

Table 1

Myogenicity, fusion index, unfused desmin/ve+ percentage, and proliferation rate (PDL).

SamplesDesmin/ve+ cell %CD56+/5.1H11+ cell %Fusion index %Unfused desmin/ve+ cell %PDL at 25 days of culture

Young67.5 ± 4.670.1 ± 5.648.2 ± 4.732.6 ± 6.113.2 ± 1.2
Elderly70.3 ± 8.768.4 ± 4.324.3 ± 6.366.8 ± 13.69.0 ± 0.4