Genetically modified mesenchymal stem cells for improved islet transplantation

Molecular Pharmaceutics

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1458-1470

  Wu, Hao ^a   Ye, Zhaoyang ^b   Mahato, Ram I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

gene therapy; immune tolerance; islet transplantation; mesenchymal stem cells

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW; CELL FUNCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DNA MODIFICATION; GENE DELIVERY SYSTEM; GENE THERAPY; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMAN; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE THERAPY; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 80053505977     PISSN: 15438384     EISSN: 15438392     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/mp200135e     Document Type: Review

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