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Mesenchymal stem cells as vehicles for targeted delivery of anti-angiogenic protein to solid tumors.
The journal of gene medicine - 1 Mar 2011
Ghaedi Mahboobe, Soleimani Masoud, Taghvaie Narges Mohammad, Sheikhfatollahi Mahmood, Azadmanesh Keyhan, Lotfi Abbas S, Wu Jian
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BACKGROUND: Inhibition of tumor-induced angiogenesis may restrict tumor growth and metastasis. Long-term systemic delivery of angiogenic inhibitors is associated with toxicity, as well as other severe side-effects. The utility of cells as vehicles for gene therapy to deliver therapeutic molecules has been suggested to represent an efficient approach. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) exhibit a tropism to cancer...
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