Transplantation of dental tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells ameliorates nephritis in lupus mice
Author(s) -
Xiaojun Tang,
Wenchao Li,
Xin Wen,
Zhuoya Zhang,
Weiwei Chen,
Genhong Yao,
Hongwei Chen,
Dandan Wang,
Songtao Shi,
Lingyun Sun
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
annals of translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2305-5847
pISSN - 2305-5839
DOI - 10.21037/atm.2019.02.41
Subject(s) - mesenchymal stem cell , periodontal ligament stem cells , transplantation , foxp3 , lupus nephritis , medicine , immunology , stem cell , dental pulp stem cells , andrology , pathology , chemistry , biology , alkaline phosphatase , microbiology and biotechnology , immune system , biochemistry , disease , enzyme
Our results show that both DPSCs and PDLSCs can alleviate the disease symptoms of lupus-prone B6/lpr mice. DPSCs are also effective in reducing kidney glomerular lesion and perivascular inflammation infiltration as well as UC-MSCs, suggesting that DPSCs might be another choice for SLE treatment.
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