Successful Mitigation of Radiation Injuries in Mice using Mesenchymal Stem Cells Genetically Modified to Secrete Extracellular Superoxide Dismutase

Research Article - (2015) Volume 5, Issue 6

Weiwen Deng¹^*, Aly S. Abdel-Mageed¹, Robert H. Connors², Daniel W. Pietryga², Anthony J. Senagore³, Troy A Giambernardi⁴ and Rick V. Hay⁴: ¹Pediatric Blood and Bone Marrow Transplantation Program, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, E-mail: AlyAbdel@gmail.com; ²Department of Surgery, Helen DeVos Children’s Hospital, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, E-mail: AlyAbdel@gmail.com; ³Department of Surgery, Butterworth Hospital, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, E-mail: AlyAbdel@gmail.com; ⁴Laboratory of Noninvasive Imaging and Radiation Biology, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, E-mail: AlyAbdel@gmail.com

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