Rat allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells did not prolong the survival of corneal xenograft in a pig-to-rat model

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Chimerization of astroglial population in the lumbar spinal cord after mesenchymal stem cell transplantation prolongs survival in a rat model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

✍ Cédric Boucherie; Sabrina Schäfer; Patricia Lavand'homme; Jean-Marie Maloteaux; 📂 Article 📅 2009 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 963 KB

## Abstract Adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) exhibit neuroprotective properties when introduced into the degenerating central nervous system through different putative mechanisms including secretion of growth factors and transdifferentiation. In the present study, we injected MSCs into the cereb