Open AccessRole of Hepatocyte Growth Factor in the Immunomodulation Potential of Amniotic Fluid Stem Cells
Author(s) -
Maraldi Tullia,
Beretti Francesca,
Guida Marianna,
Zavatti Manuela,
De Pol Anto
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
stem cells translational medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.781
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 2157-6580
pISSN - 2157-6564
DOI - 10.5966/sctm.2014-0266
Subject(s) - hepatocyte growth factor , amniotic fluid , stem cell , immune system , microbiology and biotechnology , immunology , biology , growth factor , amniotic epithelial cells , cancer research , endothelial stem cell , adult stem cell , fetus , in vitro , biochemistry , pregnancy , genetics , receptor
New information about the secretome pattern is reported in this paper. Human amniotic fluid stem cells (hAFSCs) possess immunomodulatory properties involving hepatocyte growth factor production. hAFSCs could be used in immunotherapies and might be able to avoid allogenic rejection.