Mesenchymal stem cell therapies for liver cirrhosis: MSCs as "conducting cells" for improvement of liver fibrosis and regeneration

• Main Authors: Atsunori Tsuchiya (Author), Suguru Takeuchi (Author), Takayuki Watanabe (Author), Tomoaki Yoshida (Author), Shunsuke Nojiri (Author), Masahiro Ogawa (Author), Shuji Terai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be cultured relatively easily and can be obtained not only from the bone marrow, but also from medical waste such as adipose tissue and umbilical cord tissue. Because of its low antigenicity, allogeneic MSC injection is safe. MSCs have been evaluated in mor...