Paracrine effects of bone marrow soup restore organ function, regeneration, and repair in salivary glands damaged by irradiation.

BACKGROUND: There are reports that bone marrow cell (BM) transplants repaired irradiated salivary glands (SGs) and re-established saliva secretion. However, the mechanisms of action behind these reports have not been elucidated. METHODS: To test if a paracrine mechanism was the main effect behind th...

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Main Authors: Simon D Tran, Younan Liu, Dengsheng Xia, Ola M Maria, Saeed Khalili, Renee Wan-Jou Wang, Vu-Hung Quan, Shen Hu, Jan Seuntjens
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3634855?pdf=render