Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Diabetic Kidney Disease: A Review of the Studies Using Syngeneic, Autologous, Allogeneic, and Xenogeneic Cells

• Main Authors: Christian Sávio-Silva (Author), Stephany Beyerstedt (Author), Poliana E. Soinski-Sousa (Author), Expedito B. Casaro (Author), Maria Theresa A. Balby-Rocha (Author), Antônio Simplício-Filho (Author), Jamille Alves-Silva (Author), Érika B. Rangel (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2020-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Diabetic kidney disease (DKD) is a microvascular complication of diabetes mellitus (DM) and comprises multifactorial pathophysiologic mechanisms. Despite current treatment, around 30-40% of individuals with type 1 and type 2 DM (DM1 and DM2) have progressive DKD, which is the most common cause of en...