Mechanism of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in the up-regulation of regulatory T cells by transforming growth factor β1 in systemic lupus erythematosus

National Medical Journal of China

Volumn 93, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 980-983

  Lu, Lin ^a   Wang, Dan Dan ^a   Li, Xia ^a   Zeng, Xiao Feng ^b   Sun, Ling Yun ^a  

^a THE AFFILIATED DRUM TOWER HOSPITAL OF NANJING UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (China)

^b PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Lupus erythematosus, systemic; Mesenchymal stem cells; Regulatory T cells; Transforming growth factor 1

Indexed keywords

SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FOXP3; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ CD25+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL CONTACT; CELL LEVEL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SUPERNATANT; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; T LYMPHOCYTE ACTIVATION; UMBILICAL CORD; UMBILICAL CORD MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; UPREGULATION;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; T-LYMPHOCYTES, REGULATORY; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1; UMBILICAL CORD; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 84876801639     PISSN: 03762491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2013.13.007     Document Type: Article

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