Growing diaphragm muscle cells from tissue removed in endometriosis surgery
Collects diaphragm tissue during surgery for endometriosis to grow muscle cells for lab research.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: " Development of Primary Cultures of Diaphragmatic Myoblasts for Basic Research Purposes "
Key facts
- Where
- Paris, FranceSee the site
Where in France
- Department of Thoracic Surgery - Cochin HospitalParis, FranceNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
- Trial code
- NCT07380308
- Record updated
- 2 February 2026
- Original description
Neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) affecting motor neurons (MN) induce progressive muscle denervation, and become fatal when respiratory muscles e.g. the diaphragm are affected and can no longer contract. In some cases, such as Charcot's disease (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-ALS), there is no cure and patients die due to respiratory failure few years after diagnosis. Investigations on NMD-induced alterations of respiratory muscles in humans are limited notably by the absence of available in vitro model based on cell cultures of diaphragm-derived myoblasts. Yet, this cell tool is likely to help in developing original therapies to limit diaphragm muscle atrophy and dysfunction in NMD. To date, only cell cultures of human myoblasts obtained from limb muscles are available, making difficult to transpose results to the diaphragm.Read full original descriptionShow less
" Development of Primary Cultures of Diaphragmatic Myoblasts for Basic Research Purposes "
Neuromuscular diseases (NMDs) affecting motor neurons (MN) induce progressive muscle denervation, and become fatal when respiratory muscles e.g. the diaphragm are affected and can no longer contract. In some cases, such as Charcot's disease (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis-ALS), there is no cure and patients die due to respiratory failure few years after diagnosis. Investigations on NMD-induced alterations of respiratory muscles in humans are limited notably by the absence of available in vitro model based on cell cultures of diaphragm-derived myoblasts. Yet, this cell tool is likely to help in developing original therapies to limit diaphragm muscle atrophy and dysfunction in NMD. To date, only cell cultures of human myoblasts obtained from limb muscles are available, making difficult to transpose results to the diaphragm.
Thus, in the present project, we propose to :
1. originally develop primary cultures of myoblasts from human diaphragm, obtained from surgical resection of diaphragmatic endometriosis, 2. characterize them in terms of differentiation status (Histology, IF), metabolism (Metabolomics by NMR, cell respiration), and gene expression (RNASeq), in comparison to primary myoblasts cultures derived from the deltoid already available in the team.
This project will provide an original new tool and important data on the specificity of diaphragm-derived myoblasts, compared to limb muscle-derived myoblasts with the long-term perspective of opening new therapeutical pathways for patients with severe NMDs.
Inclusion: Age ≥ 18 years; diaphragmatic endometriosis requiring surgical resection of the nodules in the diaphragm; Collection of non-opposition.
Exclusion: Inability to speak and/or read French; Patients under tutor or curatorship; Protected adults.