Improved Protective Effect of Umbilical Cord Stem Cell Transplantation on Cisplatin-Induced Kidney Injury in Mice Pretreated with Antithymocyte Globulin

• Main Authors: Željka Večerić-Haler (Author), Andreja Erman (Author), Anton Cerar (Author), Helena Motaln (Author), Katja Kološa (Author), Tamara Lah Turnšek (Author), Snežna Sodin Šemrl (Author), Katja Lakota (Author), Katjuša Mrak-Poljšak (Author), Špela Škrajnar (Author), Simona Kranjc (Author), Miha Arnol (Author), Martina Perše (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are recognised as a promising tool to improve renal recovery in experimental models of cisplatin-induced acute kidney injury. However, these preclinical studies were performed on severely immunodeficient animals. Here, we investigated whether human umbilical cord derive...