Journal of Inflammation - Most viewed articlesMost viewed articles in last 30 days from Journal of Inflammation (ISSN 1476-9255) published by BioMed CentralMesenchymal stem cells avoid allogeneic rejection- July 26, 2005 Adult bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells offer the potential to open a new frontier in medicine. Regenerative medicine aims to replace effete cells in a broad range of conditions associated with damaged cartilage, bone, muscle, tendon and ligament. However the normal process of immune rejection of mismatched allogeneic tissue would appear to prevent the realisation of such ambitions. In fact mesenchymal stem cells avoid allogeneic rejection in humans and in animal models. These finding..http://www.journal-inflammation.com/content/2/1/8 |