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Human decidual stromal cells secrete C-X-C motif chemokine 13, express B cell-activating factor and rescue B lymphocytes from apoptosis: distinctive characteristics of follicular dendritic cells.
Human reproduction (Oxford, England) - 1 Sept 2012
Muñoz-Fernández R, Prados A, Leno-Durán E, Blázquez A, García-Fernández J-R, Ortiz-Ferrón G, Olivares E-G
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BACKGROUND: Decidual stromal cells (DSCs) have classically been considered fibroblastic cells, although their function, cell lineage and origin are not fully understood. We previously demonstrated that human DSCs showed similarities with follicular dendritic cells (FDCs): DSCs expressed FDC-associated antigens, both types of cells are contractile and both are related to mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). To further...
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