title: Treatment of cerebral ischemia with combination of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and Chinese medicine.
abstract: Many laboratories have been attempting to integrate Chinese medicine (CM) with the research of stem cells in order to explore this promising frontier. Studies on the combination of CM and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) have found that some effective components from CM could activate endogenous stem cells and induce stem cells to differentiate into neural-like cells in vitro and promote angiogenesis. This review summarized the latest research findings of BMSCs and their application combined with CM in the treatment of cerebral ischemia.
authors: Faculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macao, China.
authors: Ying
authors: Y
authors: Guan
authors: Yong-hua
authors: YH
authors: Zhao
mesh_terms: D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000166:cytology*; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D045164:Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation; D059630:Mesenchymal Stem Cells / Q000166:cytology*
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal