Neuroprotective effects of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells against cerebral ischemia are mediated in part by an anti-apoptotic mechanism

Author contributions: Experiment implementation, collection and analysis of the data, drafting of the manuscript: YZ; experiment implementation, data interpretation, drafting of the manuscript: SY; data interpretation and drafting of the manuscript: JPT, JYL, SC, LK, and CK; study concept, data interpretation and manuscript preparation: YK and CV. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript