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Comparable therapeutic potential of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells in collagen-induced arthritis to TNF inhibitor or anti-CD20 treatment.
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Sun Yue, Kong Wei, Huang Saisai, Shi Bingyu, Zhang Hanyu, Chen Weiwei, Zhang Huayong, Zhao Cheng, Tang Xiaojun, Yao Genhong, Feng Xuebing, Sun Lingyun
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OBJECTIVES: The effects of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) transplantation on established collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) were evaluated and compared to biologic therapies. METHODS: CIA was induced with the immunisation of type II collagen (CII) in DBA/1 mice. Human umbilical cord MSC, anti-TNF antibody, rhTNFR:Fc fusion protein and anti-CD20 antibody were respectively injected intraperitoneally into CIA mice....
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