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Effects of MRI contrast agents on the stem cell phenotype.
Cell transplantation - 1 Jan 2010
Crabbe Annelies, Vandeputte Caroline, Dresselaers Tom, Sacido Angel Ayuso, Verdugo Jose Manuel Garcia, Eyckmans Jeroen, Luyten Frank P, Van Laere Koen, Verfaillie Catherine M, Himmelreich Uwe
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The ultimate therapy for ischemic stroke is restoration of blood supply in the ischemic region and regeneration of lost neural cells. This might be achieved by transplanting cells that differentiate into vascular or neuronal cell types, or secrete trophic factors that enhance self-renewal, recruitment, long-term survival, and functional integration of endogenous stem/progenitor cells. Experimental stroke models...
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