Amniotic fluid stem cells prevent development of ascites in a neonatal rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis

European Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-60

  Zani, Augusto ^a   Cananzi, Mara ^a   Lauriti, Giuseppe ^a   Fascetti Leon, Francesco ^a   Wells, Jack ^a   Siow, Bernard ^a   Lythgoe, Mark F ^a   Pierro, Agostino ^a,b   Eaton, Simon ^a   De Coppi, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

cell therapy; COX 2; fetal cells; stem cell

Indexed keywords

GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYPERTONIC SOLUTION; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PHOSPHATE BUFFERED SALINE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; AMNION FLUID; AMNIOTIC FLUID STEM CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ASCITES; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEEDING; FLUID RETENTION; HYPOXIA; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; NONHUMAN; PREGNANCY; RANDOMIZATION; RAT; STEM CELL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ASCITES; BODY WEIGHT; CYCLOOXYGENASE 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENTEROCOLITIS, NECROTIZING; FEMALE; INJECTIONS, INTRAPERITONEAL; INTESTINES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREGNANCY; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84893654819     PISSN: 09397248     EISSN: 1439359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0033-1350059     Document Type: Article

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