Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) are a group of pluripotent stem cells, which have some capacity for self-renew, proliferation, multilineage differentiation. At present, MSC have been widely used in biological engineering and regenerative medicine. In recent years, transplanting MSC for treating various diseases attracts tremendous attention, which may be associated with the multilineage differentiation, immunosuppression and directional migration characteristics of MSC. This article reviews the three characteristics of MSC and the application of transplanting MSC for treating bone and cartilage diseases, nervous system disease, graft versus host disease and cancer.
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