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SUBMITTER: Woodworth TG
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4261567 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Woodworth Thasia G TG Furst Daniel E DE
Arthritis research & therapy 20140730 4
As translational clinical researchers familiar with the risk-benefit of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in autoimmune diseases, we are intrigued by the recent report of umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell (UC-MSC) transplantation in treatment-refractory systemic lupus erythematosus nephritis by Wang and colleagues. They report the results of an open-label single-arm multicenter phase I/II study. This stimulated us to examine whether collective data from this group provide sufficient evi ...[more]