Paulette Conget

Validation in mesenchymal progenitor cells of a mutation-independent ex vivo approach to gene therapy for osteogenesis imperfecta.

Gp130 activation by soluble interleukin-6 receptor/interleukin-6 enhances osteoblastic differentiation of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

Human cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells home and survive in the marrow of immunodeficient mice after systemic infusion.

Subcellular distribution and mitogenic effect of basic fibroblast growth factor in mesenchymal uncommitted stem cells.

Dynamic of distribution of human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells after transplantation into adult unconditioned mice.

Basic science of epidermolysis bullosa and diagnostic and molecular characterization: Proceedings of the IInd International Symposium on Epidermolysis Bullosa, Santiago, Chile, 2005.

Neuropotency of human mesenchymal stem cell cultures: clonal studies reveal the contribution of cell plasticity and cell contamination.

Systemic administration of multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells reverts hyperglycemia and prevents nephropathy in type 1 diabetic mice.

Endovenous administration of bone-marrow-derived multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells prevents renal failure in diabetic mice.

Replenishment of type VII collagen and re-epithelialization of chronically ulcerated skin after intradermal administration of allogeneic mesenchymal stromal cells in two patients with recessive dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.

Human mesenchymal stem cells efficiently manage oxidative stress.

The antidiabetic effect of MSCs is not impaired by insulin prophylaxis and is not improved by a second dose of cells.

Intravenous administration of multipotent stromal cells prevents the onset of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis in obese mice with metabolic syndrome.

Mild hypothermia attenuates lung edema and plasma interleukin-1β in a rat mechanical ventilation-induced lung injury model.

Novel and recurrent COL7A1 mutations in Chilean patients with dystrophic epidermolysis bullosa.

Nosema ceranae an emergent pathogen of Apis mellifera in Chile.

The antidiabetic effect of mesenchymal stem cells is unrelated to their transdifferentiation potential but to their capability to restore Th1/Th2 balance and to modify the pancreatic microenvironment.

Insulin is secreted upon glucose stimulation by both gastrointestinal enteroendocrine K-cells and L-cells engineered with the preproinsulin gene.

MSC transplantation: a promising therapeutic strategy to manage the onset and progression of diabetic nephropathy.