TY - JOUR T1 - Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in seven patients with refractory inflammatory bowel disease JF - Gut JO - Gut SP - 468 LP - 469 DO - 10.1136/gutjnl-2011-300083 VL - 61 IS - 3 AU - Jun Liang AU - Huayong Zhang AU - Dandan Wang AU - Xuebing Feng AU - Hong Wang AU - Bingzhu Hua AU - Bujun Liu AU - Lingyun Sun Y1 - 2012/03/01 UR - http://gut.bmj.com/content/61/3/468.abstract N2 - We refer to two articles by Duijvestein et al and Ciccocioppo et al1 2 in which the authors suggest that administration of autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is safe and feasible in the treatment of refractory Crohn's disease (CD). However, to date there are few data about allogeneic MSC transplantation (MSCT) for patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).We wish to report our experience of allogeneic MSCT in seven patients with IBD.Infused allogeneic MSCs were obtained from the bone marrow or umbilical cord. Bone marrow was aspirated from healthy relatives of three patients. Umbilical cords were obtained from local maternity hospitals after normal deliveries. The isolated MSCs were given by intravenous infusions … ER -