Transplanted bone marrow-derived circulating PDGFRα+ cells restore type VII collagen in recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa mouse skin graft.
Shin Iinuma (1), Eriko Aikawa (2), Katsuto Tamai (3), Ryo Fujita (4), Yasushi Kikuchi (2), Takenao Chino (2), Junichi Kikuta (5), John A McGrath (6), Jouni Uitto (7), Masaru Ishii (5), Hajime Iizuka (8), Yasufumi Kaneda (4)
Affiliations
(1) Department of Stem Cell Therapy Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University ; Division of Gene Therapy Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University ; Department of Dermatology, Asahikawa Medical College;
(2) Department of Stem Cell Therapy Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University;
(3) Department of Stem Cell Therapy Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University;
(4) Division of Gene Therapy Science, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University;
(5) Immunology and Cell Biology, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University;
(6) Department of Molecular Dermatology, King's College,; and.
(7) Department of Dermatology and Cutaneous Biology, Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University.
(8) Department of Dermatology, Asahikawa Medical College;
J Immunol. 2015 Feb 15;194(4):1996-2003. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1400914. Epub 2015 Jan 19.
PMID: 25601922 PMCID: PMC4319308