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Biological Function of Chemokines and Chemokine Receptors from Mesenchymal Stem Cells


Ying Wang, Ning-Li Li*
Shanghai Institute of Immunology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai 200025, China
Abstract: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are stem cells that exist in bone marrow interstitial or other matrix which can express CD34 and CD133. Bone-marrow derived MSCs not only have the ability of haematogenesis, differentiation into osteoblasts, adipocytes and chondrocytes, recent study reveals that the chemokines they secreted and MSCs-related receptors also play an important role in signal conduction, homeostasis, injury repair and immunity regulation.


CSTR: 32200.14.cjcb.2008.02.0004