The Effects of Hypoxia on the Immune-Modulatory Properties of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells.
Zsolt FabianPublished in: Stem cells international (2019)
The therapeutic repertoire for life-threatening inflammatory conditions like sepsis, graft-versus-host reactions, or colitis is very limited in current clinical practice and, together with chronic ones, like the osteoarthritis, presents growing economic burden in developed countries. This urges the development of more efficient therapeutic modalities like the mesenchymal stem cell-based approaches. Despite the encouraging in vivo data, however, clinical trials delivered ambiguous results. Since one of the typical features of inflamed tissues is decreased oxygenation, the success of cellular therapy in inflammatory pathologies seems to be affected by the impact of oxygen depletion on transplanted cells. Here, we examine our current knowledge on the effect of hypoxia on the physiology of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stromal cells, one of the most popular tools of practical cellular therapy, in the context of their immune-modulatory capacity.
Keyphrases
- mesenchymal stem cells
- bone marrow
- clinical trial
- clinical practice
- oxidative stress
- induced apoptosis
- endothelial cells
- healthcare
- gene expression
- intensive care unit
- rheumatoid arthritis
- acute kidney injury
- cell cycle arrest
- electronic health record
- big data
- signaling pathway
- ulcerative colitis
- study protocol
- artificial intelligence