Stem cell-dependent therapies : mesenchymal stem cells in chronic inflammatory disorders /
This book investigates the current state of the MSC-dependent therapy of chronic inflammatory disorders and autoimmune diseases. Among the covered topics are GvHD, chronic kidney, liver and lung disease, ischemic heart and inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, various rheumatic and n...
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De Gruyter,
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Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
Publication Dates: | [2013] |
Literature type: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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This book investigates the current state of the MSC-dependent therapy of chronic inflammatory disorders and autoimmune diseases. Among the covered topics are GvHD, chronic kidney, liver and lung disease, ischemic heart and inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, osteoarthritis, various rheumatic and neurological disorders, tumors and solid organ transplantations. |
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1 online resource(xviii,408pages) : illustrations Also available in print edition. |
ISBN: | 9783110298307(electronic bk.) |
Index Number: | RB131 |
CLC: | R364.5 |
Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contributing authors -- Table of Contents -- 1 Mesenchymal stem cells in the context of stem cell biology / 2 Are mesenchymal stem cells immune privileged? / 3 Mesenchymal stem cell therapies for autoimmune diseases / 4 Mesenchymal stem cells in osteoarthritis and rheumatic disease / 5 Mesenchymal stem cells in enthesis formation and repair / 6 Mesenchymal stem cells for clinical/therapeutic interventions of graft-versus-host disease / 7 Mesenchymal stem cells for graft-versus-host disease in experimental animal models / 8 Mesenchymal stem cells and organ transplantation : initial clinical results / 9 Stem cell therapy in patients with ischemic heart disease / 10 Mesenchymal stem cells as a strategy for the treatment of multiple sclerosis and other diseases of the central nervous system / 11 Mesenchymal stem cells for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease / 12 Mesenchymal stem cells in chronic lung diseases: COPD and lung fibrosis / 13 Mesenchymal stem cells as therapeutics for liver repair and regeneration / 14 Mesenchymal stem cells attenuate renal fibrosis / 15 Immunomodulation by mesenchymal stem cells a potential therapeutic strategy for type 1 diabetes / 16 Fibrogenic potential of human multipotent mesenchymal stem cells in inflammatory environments / 17 Mesenchymal stem cells and the tumor microenvironment / 18 Mesenchymal stem cells as a carrier for tumor-targeting therapeutics / 19 Systems biology approach to stem cells, tissues and inflammation / Index. |