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Placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells attenuate secondary brain injury after controlled cortical impact in rats by inhibiting matrix metalloproteinases

PING YANG^1,2,3, YUANXIANG LAN^1,2, ZHONG ZENG^1,2, YAN WANG^1,2, HECHUN XIA^1,2,*

1 Department of Neurosurgery, School of Clinical Medicine, Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
2 Key Laboratory of Ningxia Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, General Hospital of Ningxia Medical University, Yinchuan, China
3 Department of Neurosurgery, Xi’an International Medical Center Hospital, Xi’an, China

* Corresponding Author: HECHUN XIA. Email: