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Immunohistological and NanoString RNA expression assays establish that muscle xenografts from three FSHD subjects were immunogenic compared to those from unaffected first-degree relatives. FSHD muscle xenografts preferentially accumulated human macrophages and B cells and expressed early complement genes of the classical and alternative pathways including complement factor C3 protein, which is a mediator of early complement function through opsonization to mark damaged cells for macrophage engulfment. FSHD muscle xenografts also underwent immune donor dependent muscle turnover as assayed by human spectrin \u03b21 immunostaining of muscle fibers and by NanoString RNA expression assays of muscle differentiation genes.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>\n                <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>The NSG-SGM3-W41 mouse provides an experimental model to investigate the role of innate immunity and complement in FSHD muscle pathology and to develop FSHD therapeutics targeting DUX4 and the innate immunity inflammatory responses.<\/jats:p>\n                <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1101\/2023.11.17.567590","type":"posted-content","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,18]],"date-time":"2023-11-18T02:05:13Z","timestamp":1700273113000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["A human immune\/muscle xenograft model of FSHD muscle pathology"],"prefix":"10.64898","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1088-3903","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Katelyn","family":"Daman","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jing","family":"Yan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Lisa M.","family":"Burzenski","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Jamie","family":"Kady","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4868-1031","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Leonard D.","family":"Shultz","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6813-3262","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Michael A.","family":"Brehm","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3744-9090","authenticated-orcid":false,"suffix":"Jr.","given":"Charles P.","family":"Emerson","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"54368","reference":[{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/hmg\/dds284"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/ng999"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.3","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1086\/521986"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/ejhg.2014.191"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.5","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/ng.2454"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.6","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.nmd.2007.04.002"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.7","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1126\/science.1189044"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.8","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/s41588-021-00893-0"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.9","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1038\/ng.3844"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.10","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/j.devcel.2011.11.013"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.11","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/hmg\/ddu251"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.12","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/hmg\/ddaa031"},{"issue":"R2","key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.13","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"R153","DOI":"10.1093\/hmg\/ddy162","article-title":"Facioscapulohumeral dystrophy: activating an early embryonic transcriptional program in human skeletal muscle","volume":"27","year":"2018","journal-title":"Hum Mol Genet"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.14","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/hmg\/ddv315"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.15","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1371\/journal.pone.0192657"},{"key":"2023112202450833000_2023.11.17.567590v1.16","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"Giesige CR , Wallace LM , Heller KN , Eidahl JO , Saad NY , Fowler AM , et al. 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