Mesenchymal stromal cells but not cardiac fibroblasts exert beneficial systemic immunomodulatory effects in experimental myocarditis.

Systemic application of mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) in inflammatory cardiomyopathy exerts cardiobeneficial effects. The mode of action is unclear since a sufficient and long-acting cardiac homing of MSCs is unlikely. We therefore investigated the regulation of the immune response in coxsackievi...

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Main Authors: Konstantinos Savvatis, Sophie van Linthout, Kapka Miteva, Kathleen Pappritz, Dirk Westermann, Joerg C Schefold, Gerhard Fusch, Alice Weithäuser, Ursula Rauch, Peter-Moritz Becher, Karin Klingel, Jochen Ringe, Andreas Kurtz, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Carsten Tschöpe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/22815907/pdf/?tool=EBI