Infusion of Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Attenuates Experimental Severe Acute Pancreatitis in Rats

• Main Authors: Hang Zhao (Author), Zhiying He (Author), Dandan Huang (Author), Jun Gao (Author), Yanfang Gong (Author), Hongyu Wu (Author), Aifang Xu (Author), Xiangjun Meng (Author), Zhaoshen Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background & Aims. Severe acute pancreatitis (SAP) remains a high-mortality disease. Bone marrow (BM) mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been demonstrated to have plasticity of transdifferentiation and to have immunomodulatory functions. In the present study, we assessed the roles of MSCs in SAP...