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Bone marrow stromal cell transplants prevent experimental enterocolitis and require host CD11b+ splenocytes.
Gastroenterology - 1 Mar 2011
Parekkadan Biju, Upadhyay Rabi, Dunham Joshua, Iwamoto Yoshiko, Mizoguchi Emiko, Mizoguchi Atsushi, Weissleder Ralph, Yarmush Martin L
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BACKGROUND & AIMS: Bone marrow stromal cells (MSCs) are being evaluated as a cellular therapeutic for immune-mediated diseases. We investigated the effects of MSCs in mice with chemically induced colitis and determined the effects of CD11b(+) cells based on the hypothesis that MSCs increase numbers of regulatory T cells. METHODS: Colitis was induced in mice using trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid; symptoms were...
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