Therapeutic Effect of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells at Various Passages on Acute Liver Failure in Rats

• Main Authors: Yongting Zhang (Author), Yuwen Li (Author), Wenting Li (Author), Jie Cai (Author), Ming Yue (Author), Longfeng Jiang (Author), Ruirui Xu (Author), Lili Zhang (Author), Jun Li (Author), Chuanlong Zhu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Recent studies have described beneficial effects of an infusion of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) derived from Wharton's jelly tissue, for the treatment of acute liver failure (ALF). However, data on the therapeutic potential of culture-expanded MSCs are lacking. We examined the therapeutic pote...