CCL25 chemokine-guided stem cell attraction: an assessment of possible benefits and risks

Jacob Spinnen1, Jochen Ringe1, Michael Sittinger1

  • 1Tissue Engineering Laboratory, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Department of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany.

Regenerative Medicine
|October 5, 2018
PubMed

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