Stem cell therapies for systemic sclerosis

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 168, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 328-337

  Cipriani, Paola ^a   Ruscitti, Piero ^a   Giacomelli, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Haematopoietic stem cells; Regenerative medicine; Stem cell transplantation; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; BUSULFAN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYCLOSPORIN A; FLUDARABINE; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; METHOTREXATE; RGS PROTEIN; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CADHERIN;

ALLOGENEIC HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOLOGOUS HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CD34 SELECTION; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD8+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FATE; CELL RENEWAL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOREGULATION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; NONMYELOABLATIVE STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; REGENERATIVE MEDICINE; REMISSION; REVIEW; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; T CELL DEPLETION; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; IMMUNOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC;

EID: 84921326711     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13201     Document Type: Review

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