Cell therapies for Chagas disease

In this review of cell therapies in Chagas disease, we cover aspects related to the disease, its treatment and world demographics, before proceeding to describe the preclinical and clinical trials performed using cell therapies in the search for an alternative therapy for the most severe and lethal...

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Published in:Cytotherapy (Oxford, England) England), 2017-11, Vol.19 (11), p.1339-1349
Main Authors: Carvalho, Adriana Bastos, Goldenberg, Regina Coeli Dos Santos, Campos de Carvalho, Antonio Carlos
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
bone marrow cells
Bone Marrow Transplantation - methods
cardiomyopathy
cell therapy
Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy - methods
Chagas Cardiomyopathy - therapy
Chagas disease
Chagas Disease - epidemiology
Chagas Disease - etiology
Chagas Disease - therapy
Clinical Trials as Topic
Disease Models, Animal
Heart Transplantation
Humans
mesenchymal stromal cells
Mice
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Summary:In this review of cell therapies in Chagas disease, we cover aspects related to the disease, its treatment and world demographics, before proceeding to describe the preclinical and clinical trials performed using cell therapies in the search for an alternative therapy for the most severe and lethal form of this disease, chronic chagasic cardiomyopathy.
ISSN:1465-3249
1477-2566
DOI:10.1016/j.jcyt.2017.07.014