Etiqueta: mesenchymal stem cells
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Could Metabolic Syndrome, Lipodystrophy, and Aging Be Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exhaustion Syndromes?
Eduardo Mansilla,1,* Vanina Díaz Aquino,1 Daniel Zambón,2 Gustavo Horacio Marin,1 Karina Mártire,1 Gustavo Roque,1 Thomas Ichim,3 Neil H. Riordan,3 Amit Patel,4 Flavio Sturla,5 Gustavo Larsen,6, 7 Rubén Spretz,6, 7 Luis Núñez,8, 9 Carlos Soratti,10 Ricardo Ibar,10 Michiel van Leeuwen,11 José María Tau,1 Hugo Drago,5 and Alberto Maceira1 Abstract One of the most important and complex…
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Multiple Sclerosis Treatment Success Using Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Secreted Factors in Animal Model
Stem cell researchers at Case Western Reserve have reported in Nature Magazine that the functional deficits caused by multiple sclerosis can be reduced by administering mesenchymal stem cell secreted factors. While previous studies have shown promising results using mesenchymal stem cells, this is the first time that such results have been reported without using the…
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Healing juices’ of stem cells could help treat asthma
Research suggests future use of cells in kidney, heart disease BY BRENT WITTMEIER, EDMONTON JOURNAL DECEMBER 2, 2011 University of Alberta pediatric asthma researcher says that the medical benefits of stem cells may lie in their by-product «healing juices». Dr. Bernard Thébaud believes the by-products of mesenchymal stem cells – found in umbilical cord tissue…
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Nine Patients with Crohn’s Disease Treated by Intravenous Administration of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Marjolijn et al. Gut 59:1662 Mesenchymal stem cells are known to be suppressive to immune cells such as T cells, dendritic cells, and natural killer cells. Studies have demonstrated that patients suffering from the immune disease graft versus host enter remission after administration of donor or third party mesenchymal stem cells. One of the manifestations…
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Differences between Stem Cells from the Placenta and Bone Marrow
Fazekasova et al. Mesenchymal stem cells were historically isolated from the bone marrow as an adherent stem cell population capable of “orthodox” differentiation, meaning that they have ability to become bone, cartilage, and fat. Further research revealed that these cells are also capable of “non-orthodox” differentiation, that is, becoming neurons, hepatocytes, insulin producing cells, and…
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Stem Cells Don’t have to be Alive to Be Beneficial
The use of stem cells in patients who have poor circulation is well-known. In fact, the first use of stem cells for conditions other than blood disorders was in patients who were undergoing bypass surgery. Usually patients undergo bypass because of advanced atherosclerosis that is inhibiting the flow of blood to the heart muscle. Despite…