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Phenotypic characteristics of hybrid cells produced by cell fusion of porcine adrenal chromaffin cells with human mesenchymal stem cells: a preliminary study.
Neurological research - 1 Apr 2008
Shi Guangbin, Ma Ke, Pappas George D, Qu Tingyu
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Transplantation of adrenal chromaffin cells (CCs) that release endogenous opioid peptides and catecholamines produces significant antinociceptive effects in patients with terminal cancer pain. In clinical practice, however, obtaining a sufficient number of chromaffin cells may not be possible because of the limited availability of human adrenal tissue. Recent works have shown that fusion...
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