Human Umbilical Cord Blood Cells Protect Against Hypothalamic Apoptosis and Systemic Inflammation Response During Heatstroke in Rats

• Main Authors: Won-Shiung Liu (Author), Chun-Ta Chen (Author), Ning-Hui Foo (Author), Hsuan-Rong Huang (Author), Jhi-Joung Wang (Author), Sheng-Hsien Chen (Author), Te-Jen Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2009-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Intravenous administration of human umbilical cord blood cells (HUCBC) has been shown to improve heatstroke by reducing arterial hypotension as well as cerebral ischemia and damage in a rat model. To extend these findings, we assessed both hypothalamic neuronal apoptosis and systemic inflammatory re...