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SUBMITTER: Puymirat E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2834983 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Puymirat Etienne E Geha Raghed R Tomescot André A Bellamy Valérie V Larghero Jérôme J Trinquart Ludovic L Bruneval Patrick P Desnos Michel M Hagège Albert A Pucéat Michel M Menasché Philippe P
Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy 20081007 1
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are reported to be immune privileged. We assessed whether their transplantation (Tx) could create a suppressive microenvironment mitigating rejection of coinjected human embryonic stem cells (hESCs). Three weeks after ligation-induced myocardial infarction, 40 immunocompetent rats received 150 microl of cardiac-specified hESCs (5 x 10(6)), MSCs (5 x 10(6)), hESC + MSC (5 x 10(6) for each), or control medium. Two months after Tx, left ventricle (LV) function was asse ...[more]