Mesenchymal stem cells transplanted into spinal cord injury adopt immune cell-like characteristics.
Ramil HakimRuxandra CovacuVasilios ZachariadisArvid FrostellSreenivasa Raghavan SankavaramLou BrundinMikael SvenssonPublished in: Stem cell research & therapy (2019)
MSCs transplanted into SCI upregulate expression of CD45 and MHC-II and expression of genes related to cytokine production, phagocytosis/endocytosis, and immune cells/response and thereby adopt immune cell-like characteristics within the recipient.