Current understanding of the immunosuppressive properties of mesenchymal stromal cells

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 5, 2019, Pages 605-618

  de tro, Ligia Lins ^a,b   Lopes Pacheco, Miquéias ^a,b   Jay Weiss, Daniel ^c   Cruz, Fernanda Ferreira ^a,b   Macêdo Rocco, Patricia Rieken ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b National Institute of Science and Technology for Gene Therapy   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cytokines; Dendritic cells; Immunosuppression; Lymphocytes; Macrophages; Mesenchymal stromal cells

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; TOLL LIKE RECEPTOR;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMAL; GRAFT VERSUS HOST REACTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL TOLERANCE; IMMUNOLOGY; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; INNATE IMMUNITY; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROCEDURES; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; ANIMALS; GRAFT VS HOST DISEASE; HUMANS; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; IMMUNITY, INNATE; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELLS; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; TOLL-LIKE RECEPTORS;

EID: 85064083923     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: 14321440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00109-019-01776-y     Document Type: Review

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