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SUBMITTER: Matthay MA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2951759 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matthay Michael A MA Thompson B Taylor BT Read Elizabeth J EJ McKenna David H DH Liu Kathleen D KD Calfee Carolyn S CS Lee Jae Woo JW
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Preclinical studies indicate that allogeneic human mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) may be useful for the treatment of several clinical disorders, including sepsis, acute renal failure, acute myocardial infarction, and more recently, acute lung injury (ALI). This article provides a brief review of the biologic qualities of MSC that make them suitable for the treatment of human diseases, as well as the experimental data that provide support for their potential efficacy for critically ill patients wit ...[more]