Fig. 3From: Intramuscular preadipocytes impede differentiation and promote lipid deposition of muscle satellite cells in chickensMyogenic differentiation of MSC is reduced by co-culture with IMPA. a qPCR assays of transcripts of 5 key genes (MYOD1, PAX7, MYOG, TMEM8C and MYHIE) related to myogenic differentiation in co-cultured or mono-cultured MSC on day 2. The key genes related to myogenic differentiation were all downregulated in co-cultured MSC. The data are expressed as the mean ± SD (** P < 0.01). b Immunofluorescent staining of myosin heavy chain (MHC) in co-cultured or mono-cultured MSC on day 2 indicating fewer MHC-positive cells in co-cultured MSCBack to article page