Inhibitory Effects of iPSC-MSCs and Their Extracellular Vesicles on the Onset of Sialadenitis in a Mouse Model of Sjögren's Syndrome

• Main Authors: Bo Hai (Author), Taeko Shigemoto-Kuroda (Author), Qingguo Zhao (Author), Ryang Hwa Lee (Author), Fei Liu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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No effective treatment for Sjögren's syndrome (SS), a chronic autoimmune disease affecting mainly salivary and lacrimal glands, is available now. Systemic infusion of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) isolated from tissues such as bone marrow (BM) alleviated SS in mouse models and a sma...