Mesenchymal stem cells for treatment and prevention of graft-versus-host disease after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation

Current Stem Cell Research and Therapy

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 252-259

  Toubai, Tomomi ^a,b   Paczesny, Sophie ^a   Shono, Yusuke ^b   Tanaka, Junji ^b   Lowler, Kathleen P ^a   Malter, Chelsea T ^a   Kasai, Masaharu ^c   Imamura, Masahiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN COMPREHENSIVE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO HOKUYU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute graft versus host disease (aGVHD); Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (Allo HCT); Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs); Steroid refractory acute GVHD

Indexed keywords

CYCLOSPORIN; HEME OXYGENASE 1; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 4; INTERLEUKIN 6; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID 2 MORPHOLINOETHYL ESTER; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RAPAMYCIN; SCATTER FACTOR; STEROID; TACROLIMUS; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ACUTE GRAFT VERSUS HOST DISEASE; ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC CELL TRANSPLANTATION; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL CONTACT; CELL INTERACTION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; DENDRITIC CELL; DISEASE SEVERITY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ANIMALS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LYMPHOCYTES; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 74849103341     PISSN: 1574888X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157488809789649269     Document Type: Review

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