Current Perspectives in Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapies for Airway Tissue Defects

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and respiratory diseases are the third cause of death in industrialized countries; for this reason the airways and cardiopulmonary system have been the focus of extensive investigation, in particular of the new emerging branch of regenerative medicine...

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Main Authors: Francesco Petrella, Stefania Rizzo, Alessandro Borri, Monica Casiraghi, Lorenzo Spaggiari
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2015-01-01
Series:Stem Cells International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/746392
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Stefania Rizzo
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Monica Casiraghi
Lorenzo Spaggiari
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description Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and respiratory diseases are the third cause of death in industrialized countries; for this reason the airways and cardiopulmonary system have been the focus of extensive investigation, in particular of the new emerging branch of regenerative medicine. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are a population of undifferentiated multipotent adult cells that naturally reside within the human body, which can differentiate into osteogenic, chondrogenic, and adipogenic lineages when cultured in specific inducing media. MSCs have the ability to migrate and engraft at sites of inflammation and injury in response to cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors at a wound site and they can exert local reparative effects through transdifferentiation and differentiation into specific cell types or via the paracrine secretion of soluble factors with anti-inflammatory and wound-healing activities. Experimental and clinical evidence exists regarding MSCs efficacy in airway defects restoration; although clinical MSCs use, in the daily practice, is not yet completely reached for airway diseases, we can argue that MSCs do not represent any more merely an experimental approach to airway tissue defects restoration but they can be considered as a “salvage” therapeutic tool in very selected patients and diseases.
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spelling doaj-art-a06459bfa49544bbba9647bc1d7ec62f2025-08-20T03:38:09ZengWileyStem Cells International1687-966X1687-96782015-01-01201510.1155/2015/746392746392Current Perspectives in Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapies for Airway Tissue DefectsFrancesco Petrella0Stefania Rizzo1Alessandro Borri2Monica Casiraghi3Lorenzo Spaggiari4Department of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, 20143 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Radiology, European Institute of Oncology, 20143 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, 20143 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, 20143 Milan, ItalyDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, European Institute of Oncology, 20143 Milan, ItalyLung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death and respiratory diseases are the third cause of death in industrialized countries; for this reason the airways and cardiopulmonary system have been the focus of extensive investigation, in particular of the new emerging branch of regenerative medicine. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are a population of undifferentiated multipotent adult cells that naturally reside within the human body, which can differentiate into osteogenic, chondrogenic, and adipogenic lineages when cultured in specific inducing media. MSCs have the ability to migrate and engraft at sites of inflammation and injury in response to cytokines, chemokines, and growth factors at a wound site and they can exert local reparative effects through transdifferentiation and differentiation into specific cell types or via the paracrine secretion of soluble factors with anti-inflammatory and wound-healing activities. Experimental and clinical evidence exists regarding MSCs efficacy in airway defects restoration; although clinical MSCs use, in the daily practice, is not yet completely reached for airway diseases, we can argue that MSCs do not represent any more merely an experimental approach to airway tissue defects restoration but they can be considered as a “salvage” therapeutic tool in very selected patients and diseases.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/746392
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