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Autoimmune diseases as stem cell disorders: normal stem cell transplant for their treatment (Review).
1 Jan 1998
Abstract excerpt
Using various animal models for autoimmune diseases, we have found that autoimmune diseases are stem cell disorders. The transplantation of normal hemopoietic stem cells (HSCs) can be used to treat autoimmune diseases, whereas the transplantation of abnormal HSCs from autoimmune-prone mice to normal mice leads to the induction of autoimmune diseases in recipients. To elucidate the differences between normal and...
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