Article
Mesenchymal stem cells enhance allogeneic islet engraftment in nonhuman primates.
Diabetes - 1 Oct 2010
Berman Dora M, Willman Melissa A, Han Dongmei, Kleiner Gary, Kenyon Norman M, Cabrera Over, Karl Julie A, Wiseman Roger W, O'Connor David H, Bartholomew Amelia M, Kenyon Norma S
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To test the graft-promoting effects of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in a cynomolgus monkey model of islet/bone marrow transplantation. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: Cynomolgus MSCs were obtained from iliac crest aspirate and characterized through passage 11 for phenotype, gene expressi...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
