Combining transfusion of stem/progenitor cells into the peripheral circulation with localized transplantation in situ at the site of tissue/organ damage: A possible strategy to optimize the efficacy of stem cell transplantation therapy

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 494-497

  Boon, Chin Heng ^a   Haider, Husnain Khawaja ^b   Cao, Tong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOKINE RECEPTOR CXCR4; HOMING RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 6; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; STEM CELL FACTOR; STROMAL CELL DERIVED FACTOR 1;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CELL DIVISION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL STIMULATION; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFUSION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; ECTOPIC TISSUE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; MICROENVIRONMENT; MODULATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN INJURY; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE INJURY; TISSUE REGENERATION; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 21844455556     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2005.04.003     Document Type: Article

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