Mechanisms of mesenchymal stem/stromal cell function

JL Spees, RH Lee, CA Gregory - Stem cell research & therapy, 2016 - Springer
The past decade has seen an explosion of research directed toward better understanding of
the mechanisms of mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (MSC) function during rescue and repair …

Spheroid culture of mesenchymal stem cells

Z Cesarz, K Tamama - Stem cells international, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Compared with traditional 2D adherent cell culture, 3D spheroidal cell aggregates, or
spheroids, are regarded as more physiological, and this technique has been exploited in the …

MSC-derived extracellular vesicles attenuate immune responses in two autoimmune murine models: type 1 diabetes and uveoretinitis

T Shigemoto-Kuroda, JY Oh, D Kim, HJ Jeong, SY Park… - Stem cell reports, 2017 - cell.com
Accumulating evidence shows that extracellular vesicles (EVs) produced by mesenchymal
stem/stromal cells (MSCs) exert their therapeutic effects in several disease models. We …

Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs): role as guardians of inflammation

DJ Prockop, JY Oh - Molecular therapy, 2012 - cell.com
Recent observations have demonstrated that one of the functions of mesenchymal
stem/stromal cells (MSCs) is to serve as guardians against excessive inflammatory …

Intravenous hMSCs improve myocardial infarction in mice because cells embolized in lung are activated to secrete the anti-inflammatory protein TSG-6

RH Lee, AA Pulin, MJ Seo, DJ Kota, J Ylostalo… - Cell stem cell, 2009 - cell.com
Quantitative assays for human DNA and mRNA were used to examine the paradox that
intravenously (iv) infused human multipotent stromal cells (hMSCs) can enhance tissue …

Aggregation of human mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) into 3D spheroids enhances their antiinflammatory properties

TJ Bartosh, JH Ylöstalo… - Proceedings of the …, 2010 - National Acad Sciences
Previous reports suggested that culture as 3D aggregates or as spheroids can increase the
therapeutic potential of the adult stem/progenitor cells referred to as mesenchymal stem …

Mesenchymal stromal cells: current understanding and clinical status

HK Salem, C Thiemermann - Stem cells, 2010 - academic.oup.com
Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) represent a rare heterogeneous subset of
pluripotent stromal cells that can be isolated from many different adult tissues that exhibit the …

Concise review: the surface markers and identity of human mesenchymal stem cells

FJ Lv, RS Tuan, KMC Cheung, VYL Leung - Stem cells, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The concept of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is becoming increasingly obscure due to
the recent findings of heterogeneous populations with different levels of stemness within …

Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles in liver immunity and therapy

R Wu, X Fan, Y Wang, M Shen, Y Zheng… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), as the most common cell source for stem cell therapy, play
an important role in the modulation of innate and adaptive immune responses and have …

Human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells cultured as spheroids are self-activated to produce prostaglandin E2 that directs stimulated macrophages into an anti …

JH YlÖstalo, TJ Bartosh, K Coble, DJ Prockop - Stem cells, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Culturing cells in three dimension (3D) provides an insight into their characteristics in vivo.
We previously reported that human mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (hMSCs) cultured as …