The effects of local administration of mesenchymal stem cells on rat corneal allograft rejection

Abstract Background Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been reported to promote long-term cellular and organ transplant acceptance due to their immunotherapeutic characteristics. Previous work from our lab using a rat allograft model has shown that systemic infusion of MSCs inhibited corneal allogra...

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Main Authors: Zhe Jia, Fei Li, Xiaoyu Zeng, Ying Lv, Shaozhen Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:BMC Ophthalmology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12886-018-0802-6