Muscle stem cells and fibro-adipogenic progenitors in female pelvic floor muscle regeneration following birth injury.

"Competing interests KLC is co-founder, consultant, board member, and holds equity interest in Ventrix, Inc. MA receives editorial stipend from American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Elsevier. KLC, MA, and PD are inventors on a patent application (US20200197567A1)."

"UCSD Animal Care Program Technical Services. We are grateful to Cody Fine, Mateo Espinoza, and Ashley Rider (UCSD) for technical assistance with flow cytometry experiments. This work was additionally made possible by the UC San Diego Stem Cell Program and a CIRM Major Facilities grant (FA1-00607) to the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine. This publication includes data generated at the UCSD Human Embryonic Stem Cell Core Facility, using the FACS Aria Fusion, and FACS Aria II Flow Cytometry Sorters. The authors gratefully acknowledge funding for this project provided by the National Institute of Health/ Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) grants 2R01HD092515 and R01HD102184, and by the University of California San Diego Academic Senate Grant RG096551. Author contributions: Conceptualization: F.B.S., L.C.L., A.S. and M.A.; Methodology: F.B.S. and M.A.; Formal Analysis: F.B.S. and M.A.; Investigation: F.B.S., V.R., M.W., P.D., J.R., C.R., B.B.; Resources: K.L.C., M.A.; Writing – Original Draft: F.B.S. and V.R.; Writing – Review & Editing: F.B.S., P.D., L.C.L., K.L.C., A.S., M.A., Visualization: F.B.S.; Supervision: F.B.S. and M.A.; Project Administration: F.B.S.; Funding Acquisition: K.L.C., M.A."