Mesenchymal stem cells: A new trend for cell therapy

Acta Pharmacologica Sinica

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 747-754

  Wei, Xin ^a   Yang, Xue ^b   Han, Zhi Peng ^c   Qu, Fang Fang ^c   Shao, Li ^a   Shi, Yu Fang ^b  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SECOND MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

cell therapy; degenerative disease; graft versus host disease; immune disorder; immunomodulation; mesenchymal stem cell; tissue injury; trophic factor

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE ENGINEERING; TISSUE REPAIR;

ANIMALS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; TIME FACTORS; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84881425870     PISSN: 16714083     EISSN: 17457254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/aps.2013.50     Document Type: Review

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