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Mesenchymal stem cells might be used to induce tolerance in heart transplantation.
Medical hypotheses - 1 Jan 2008
Zhou Heping, Jin Zhenxiao, Liu Jincheng, Yu Shiqiang, Cui Qin, Yi Dinghua
Abstract excerpt
Heart transplantation is the last treatment selection for end-stage heart diseases, but the side-effects of immunosuppressive agents and morbidity brought by lifelong immunosuppression still remains unavoidable. Mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) is one kind of adult pluripotent cell that not only can differentiate into cardiomyocytes but also maintain some unique immunomodulatory function. There were reports that MSCs...
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