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ArticleChronic diseases and translational medicine2020

Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation downregulates plasma level and the microglia expression of transforming growth factor β1 in the acute phase of cerebral cortex ischemia.

Zhao-Hui Liang, Jian-Juan Gu, Wen-Xiu Yu, Yun-Qian Guan, Mostafa Khater, Xiao-Bo Li

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Article in Chronic diseases and translational medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhao-Hui LiangDepartment of Neurology, The Second Xiangya Hospital of Central South University, Changsha, Hunan 410011, China.
Jian-Juan GuDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Clinical Medical School of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, China.
Wen-Xiu YuDepartment of Neurology, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Clinical Medical School of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, China.
Yun-Qian GuanDepartment of Cell Biology, Beijing Institute of Geriatrics, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 100053, China.
Mostafa KhaterPharmacology and Toxicology Department, Augusta University, Georgia 30912, USA.
Xiao-Bo LiDepartment of Neurology, Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital, Clinical Medical School of Yangzhou University, Yangzhou, Jiangsu 225001, China.
Northern Jiangsu People's Hospital · CNAugusta University · USCapital Medical University · CN

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBoth bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell (BM-MSC) and transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1) have a strong anti-inflammatory capacity in stroke. But their relationship has not been well addressed. In this study, we investigated how intravenous BM-MSC transplantation in rats effected the expression of TGF-β1 48 h post cerebral ischemia, and we analyzed the main cells that produce TGF-β1.

methodsWe used a distal middle cerebral artery occlusion (dMCAO) model in twenty Sprague-Dawley (SD) rats. The rats were randomly divided into two groups: the ischemic control group and the postischemic BM-MSC transplantation group. One hour after the dMCAO model was established, the rats were injected in the tail vein with either 1 ml saline or 1 × 10

resultsForty-eight hours after ischemia, the TGF-β1 content in the infarcted area of the BM-MSC transplantation group (23.94 ± 4.48 pg/ml) was significantly lower than it was in the ischemic control group (34.18 ± 4.32 pg/ml) (F = 13.534,

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Cerebral infarctionMesenchymal stem cellMicrogliaTransforming growth factor-β1Transplantation

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