Paracrine mechanisms of mesenchymal stem cell-based therapy: current status and perspectives

X Liang, Y Ding, Y Zhang, HF Tse… - Cell …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are one of a few stem cell types to be applied in clinical
practice as therapeutic agents for immunomodulation and ischemic tissue repair. In addition …

Mesenchymal stem cell delivery strategies to promote cardiac regeneration following ischemic injury

V Russo, S Young, A Hamilton, BG Amsden, LE Flynn - Biomaterials, 2014 - Elsevier
Myocardial infarction (MI) is one of the leading causes of mortality worldwide and is
associated with irreversible cardiomyocyte death and pathological remodeling of cardiac …

Critical role of vascular endothelial growth factor secreted by mesenchymal stem cells in hyperoxic lung injury

YS Chang, SY Ahn, HB Jeon, DK Sung… - American journal of …, 2014 - atsjournals.org
Intratracheal transplantation of human umbilical cord blood (UCB)–derived mesenchymal
stem cells (MSCs) protects against neonatal hyperoxic lung injury by a paracrine rather than …

Modulation of mesenchymal stromal cell characteristics by microcarrier culture in bioreactors

J Hupfeld, IH Gorr, C Schwald… - Biotechnology and …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are promising candidates for cell therapy. Their
therapeutic use requires extensive expansion to obtain a sufficiently high number of cells for …

Human adipose–derived mesenchymal stem cells attenuate liver ischemia–reperfusion injury and promote liver regeneration

RF Saidi, B Rajeshkumar, A Shariftabrizi, AA Bogdanov… - Surgery, 2014 - Elsevier
Background Ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI) of the liver is a well-known cause of morbidity
and mortality after liver transplantation. Effective treatment strategies aimed at decreasing …

Secreted Frizzled-related protein 2 as a target in antifibrotic therapeutic intervention

M Mastri, Z Shah, K Hsieh, X Wang… - … of Physiology-Cell …, 2014 - journals.physiology.org
Progressive fibrosis is a pathological hallmark of many chronic diseases responsible for
organ failure. Although there is currently no therapy on the market that specifically targets …

[PDF][PDF] Systemic protection through remote ischemic preconditioning is spread by platelet‐dependent signaling in mice

CE Oberkofler, P Limani, JH Jang… - …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC), the repetitive transient mechanical obstruction of
vessels at a limb remote to the operative site, is a novel strategy to mitigate distant organ …

[HTML][HTML] HGF/c-Met signaling mediated mesenchymal stem cell-induced liver recovery in intestinal ischemia reperfusion model

J Liu, G Pan, T Liang, P Huang - International journal of medical …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Purpose: Liver injury triggered by intestinal ischemia-reperfusion (IIR) usually presage
multiorgan dysfunction and death in patients. Recent studies suggest mesenchymal stem …

Selective inhibition of inositol hexakisphosphate kinases (IP6Ks) enhances mesenchymal stem cell engraftment and improves therapeutic efficacy for myocardial …

Z Zhang, D Liang, X Gao, C Zhao, X Qin, Y Xu… - Basic research in …, 2014 - Springer
Diphosphoinositol pentakisphosphate (IP7), formed by a family of inositol hexakisphosphate
kinases (IP6Ks), has been demonstrated to be a physiologic inhibitor of Akt. IP6K inhibition …

The role of N-acetyltransferase 8 in mesenchymal stem cell-based therapy for liver ischemia/reperfusion injury in rats

J Fu, H Zhang, Y Zhuang, H Liu, Q Shi, D Li, X Ju - PLoS One, 2014 - journals.plos.org
Objective To evaluate the impact of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) against hepatic I/R
injury and explore the role of N-acetyltransferase 8 (NAT8) in the process. Methods We …