Mesenchymal stem cells: Immune evasive, not immune privileged

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 252-260

  Ankrum, James A ^a,b   Ong, Joon Faii ^a   Karp, Jeffrey M ^a,b,c  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c HARVARD STEM CELL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOWCHARTING;

CLINICAL OUTCOME; IMMUNE DETECTION; IMMUNE REJECTION; IMMUNOMODULATORY; IN-VIVO; INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; THERAPEUTIC FUNCTIONS;

CELL CULTURE;

CYCLOSPORIN A; DEXAMETHASONE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INDOLEAMINE 2,3 DIOXYGENASE; INDUCIBLE NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; MYCOPHENOLIC ACID; PROSTAGLANDIN E2; RAPAMYCIN; REMESTEMCEL L; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; TACROLIMUS; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CELL ACTIVATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COCULTURE; CYTOTOXIC LYMPHOCYTE; GRAFT SURVIVAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE EVASION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; LEUKOCYTE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY COMPLEX; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MIXED LYMPHOCYTE REACTION; NATURAL KILLER CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; ALLOTRANSPLANTATION; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CYTOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MESENCHYMAL STROMA CELL; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HUMANS; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STROMAL CELLS; MICE; TRANSPLANTATION, HOMOLOGOUS;

EID: 84898466874     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt.2816     Document Type: Review

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