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Case Reports
. 2004 May 1;363(9419):1439-41.
doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16104-7.

Treatment of severe acute graft-versus-host disease with third party haploidentical mesenchymal stem cells

Katarina Le Blanc  1 , Ida Rasmusson, Berit Sundberg, Cecilia Götherström, Moustapha Hassan, Mehmet Uzunel, Olle Ringdén
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Treatment of severe acute graft-versus-host disease with third party haploidentical mesenchymal stem cells

Katarina Le Blanc et al. Lancet. .

Abstract

Adult bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells are immunosuppressive and prolong the rejection of mismatched skin grafts in animals. We transplanted haploidentical mesenchymal stem cells in a patient with severe treatment-resistant grade IV acute graft-versus-host disease of the gut and liver. Clinical response was striking. The patient is now well after 1 year. We postulate that mesenchymal stem cells have a potent immunosuppressive effect in vivo.

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