Genetic Engineering of Mesenchymal Stem Cells

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nolta, Jan A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2006.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Hematology.; Surgical transplantation.; Cell biology.; Animal physiology.; Life Sciences.; Cell Biology.; Biomedicine general.; Transplant Surgery.; Animal Physiology.

MSC (mesenchymal stem cells) have been reported to initiate revascularization after injury, to facilitate engraftment of blood-forming stem cells, and to reduce the incidence of graft-vs. host disease through their immune-suppressive qualities. Finally, bone marrow-derived MSC have been reported to...