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ReviewBiomedicines2017

Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: What Is the Mechanism in Acute Graft-Versus-Host Disease?

Neil Dunavin, Ajoy Dias, Meizhang Li, Joseph McGuirk

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Review in Biomedicines, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
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  3. Advances in Stem Cell-Based Therapies in the Treatment of Osteoarthritis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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  6. COVID-19 and graft-versus-host disease: a tale of two diseases (and why age matters).Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2021
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  9. LPSFrontiers in immunology · 2021
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  13. Study 275: Updated Expanded Access Program for Remestemcel-L in Steroid-Refractory Acute Graft-versus-Host Disease in Children.Biology of blood and marrow transplantation : journal of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation · 2020
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Neil DunavinDivision of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics, University of Kansas Cancer Center, 2330 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., Westwood, KS 66205, USA. ndunavin@kumc.edu.
Ajoy DiasDivision of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics, University of Kansas Cancer Center, 2330 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., Westwood, KS 66205, USA. adias2@kumc.edu.
Meizhang LiDepartment of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, 3901 Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160, USA. mli2@kumc.edu.
Joseph McGuirkDivision of Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapeutics, University of Kansas Cancer Center, 2330 Shawnee Mission Pkwy., Westwood, KS 66205, USA. jmcguirk@kumc.edu.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

After more than a decade of preclinical and clinical development, therapeutic infusion of mesenchymal stromal cells is now a leading investigational strategy for the treatment of acute graft-versus-host disease (GVHD). While their clinical use continues to expand, it is still unknown which of their immunomodulatory properties contributes most to their therapeutic activity. Herein we describe the proposed mechanisms, focusing on the inhibitory activity of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) at immunologic checkpoints. A deeper understanding of the mechanism of action will allow us to design more effective treatment strategies.

Indexed as

adoptivecell- and tissue-based therapyexosomesgraft vs. host diseaseimmunotherapymesenchymal stromal cellstransplantation immunology

Identifiers

PMID28671556
PMCPMC5618297

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