The meaning, the sense and the significance: Translating the science of mesenchymal stem cells into medicine

Nature Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 35-42

  Bianco, Paolo ^a   Cao, Xu ^b   Frenette, Paul S ^c   Mao, Jeremy J ^d   Robey, Pamela G ^e   Simmons, Paul J ^f   Wang, Cun Yu ^g  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^f Mesoblast Limited   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE MARROW CELL; CELL THERAPY; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; HUMAN; MEDICINE; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASTICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BONE MARROW CELLS; HUMANS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; STEM CELLS; TRANSLATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH;

EID: 84872088799     PISSN: 10788956     EISSN: 1546170X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nm.3028     Document Type: Review

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