Amnion: A potent graft source for cell therapy in stroke

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 111-118

  Seong, Jin Yu ^a   Soncini, Maddalena ^b   Kaneko, Yuji ^a   Hess, David C ^a   Parolini, Ornella ^b   Borlongan, Cesar V ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult stem cells; Cerebral ischemia; Mesenchymal stromal cells; Placenta; Progenitors; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ADULT STEM CELL; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; AMNION; AMNIOTIC MEMBRANE GRAFT; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; AUTOGRAFT; AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORD BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; EPITHELIUM CELL; GERM LAYER; GRAFT RECIPIENT; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; IMMUNOGENICITY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NEURAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD INJURY; STROKE; STROMA CELL; TISSUE GRAFT; TISSUE REGENERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT STEM CELLS; AMNION; CELLS, CULTURED; EMBRYONIC STEM CELLS; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; STROKE;

EID: 66849124643     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368909788341243     Document Type: Review

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