Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine: Myth or Reality of the 21th Century by J.-F. Stoltz, N. de Isla, Y. P. Li, D. Bensoussan, L. Zhang, C. Huselstein, Y. Chen, V. Decot, J. Magdalou, N. Li, L. Reppel, Y. He

“…It is undeniable that mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) from bone marrow, adipose tissue, or Wharton’s Jelly are of potential interest for clinical applications in regenerative medicine because they are easily available without ethical problems for their uses. …”
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Effects of Stromal Cell-Derived Factor-1α Secreted in Degenerative Intervertebral Disc on Activation and Recruitment of Nucleus Pulposus-Derived Stem Cells by Jinwei Ying, Zhihua Han, Shishen Pei, Linghao Su, Dike Ruan

“…Stromal cell-derived factor-1α (SDF-1α) plays a significant role in mobilizing and recruiting mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) to the sites of injury. This study investigated the potential of SDF-1α released in the degenerative intervertebral disc (IVD) to activate and recruit endogenous nucleus pulposus-derived stem cells (NPSCs) for regeneration in situ. …”
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In situ-formed cryomicroneedles for intradermal cell delivery by Mengjia Zheng, Tianli Hu, Yating Yang, Xuan Qie, Huaxin Yang, Yuyue Zhang, Qizheng Zhang, Ken-Tye Yong, Wei Liu, Chenjie Xu

“…As a proof-of-concept, we examined the loading and intradermal delivery of three cell types in clinically relevant in vitro and in vivo models, including mesenchymal stem cells for wound healing, melanocytes for vitiligo treatment, and antigen-pulsed dendritic cells for cancer vaccination.…”
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Vimentin-Rab7a Pathway Mediates the Migration of MSCs and Lead to Therapeutic Effects on ARDS by Kai Wang, Boxiang Du, Yan Zhang, Congyou Wu, Xiuli Wang, Xu Zhang, Liwei Wang

“…Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) is difficult to treat and has a high mortality rate. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have an important therapeutic effect in ARDS. …”
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In vitro effects of ascorbic acid on viability and metabolism of patients’ osteosarcoma stem cells by Jovičić Marijana Šimić, Pušić Maja, Antunović Maja, Ledinski Maja, Librenjak Lucija, Kolundžić Robert, Ribičić Tomislav, Trkulja Vladimir, Urlić Inga

“…Determination of the dominant type of metabolism of OS-CSC, parental OS cells, human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSC) and U2OS OS lineage before and after AA treatment was done by Seahorse XF (Agilent). …”
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The interaction of Adipose Derived Stem Cells and Breast Cancer by Natasha Cunningham, Ava O'Meara, Cathy L. Brougham

“…Introduction: Mesenchymal stem cells are adult stem cells capable of self-renewal and multilineage differentiation (Schweizer et al., 2015). …”
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Comparison of Stemness and Gene Expression between Gingiva and Dental Follicles in Children by Chung-Min Kang, Seong-Oh Kim, Mijeong Jeon, Hyung-Jun Choi, Han-Sung Jung, Jae-Ho Lee

“…The expression of development, chemotaxis, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSs) related genes was assessed by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR). …”
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Shh Signaling from the Injured Lung Microenvironment Drives BMSCs Differentiation into Alveolar Type II Cells for Acute Lung Injury Treatment in Mice by Mengyu Wu, Jing Liu, Shu Zhang, Yi Jian, Ling Guo, Huacai Zhang, Junwei Mi, Guoxin Qu, Yaojun Liu, Chu Gao, Qingli Cai, Dalin Wen, Di Liu, Jianhui Sun, Jianxin Jiang, Hong Huang

“…Direct differentiation into AT2 cells from bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) is a promising approach to treating acute lung injury (ALI). …”
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The Effect of Age on the Regenerative Potential of Human Eyelid Adipose-Derived Stem Cells by Mingqi Zhang, Zhuoshi Wang, Yan Zhao, Lirong Zhang, Ling Xu, Liu Cao, Wei He

“…Human eyelid adipose-derived stem cells (HEASCs) are a new source of autologous mesenchymal stem cells, which are derived from neuroectoderm and potentially applied in the tissue regeneration and cell therapies. …”
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Micro-channels array device fabricated via two photon lithography for cell migration studies in Neuroblastoma metastatic disseminationAll original data are available at: . by Sara Micheli, Caterina Piunti, Elisa Varaschin, Marianna Peditto, Maria Luz Suarez, Marco Sorgato, Elisa Cimetta

“…Neuroblastoma (NB) and human Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) represent the main tumor and its primary metastatic site. …”
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Mechanism of hyperbaric oxygen therapy downregulating H-type angiogenesis in subchondral bone of knee osteoarthritis through the PHD2/HIF-1α pathway by Jianjian Wang, Wen Yu, Yuxin Zhang, Bo Chen, Zhaoxiang Meng

“…It promoted chondrogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells, inhibited angiogenesis, enhanced PHD2 expression, and suppressed the production of HIF-1α and VEGFA. …”
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Hypoxia Promotes Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell (VSMC) Differentiation of Adipose-Derived Stem Cell (ADSC) by Regulating Mettl3 and Paracrine Factors by Jiaying Lin, Qianqian Zhu, Jialyu Huang, Renfei Cai, Yanping Kuang

“…Adipose-derived stem cell (ADSC) is an alternative and less invasive source of mesenchymal stem cells which can be used to develop biological treatment strategies for tissue regeneration, and their therapeutic applications hinge on an understanding of their physiological characteristics. …”
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In Vitro Characterization of Multilamellar Fibers with Uniaxially Oriented Electrospun Type I Collagen Scaffolds by Alireza Hooshmand-Ardakani, Tahereh Talaei-Khozani, Mehdi Sadat-Shojai, Soghra Bahmanpour, Nehleh Zarei-fard

“…In vitro cell culture, using human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hAT-MSCs) on cross-linked scaffold, showed improvement in cell proliferation, attachment, migration, and intercellular junction with a flattened morphology. …”
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Electrospun Gelatin/β-TCP Composite Nanofibers Enhance Osteogenic Differentiation of BMSCs and In Vivo Bone Formation by Activating Ca2+-Sensing Receptor Signaling by Xuehui Zhang, Song Meng, Ying Huang, Mingming Xu, Ying He, Hong Lin, Jianmin Han, Yuan Chai, Yan Wei, Xuliang Deng

“…However, how these composite nanofibers promote the osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) is unknown. Here, gelatin/β-TCP composite nanofibers were fabricated by incorporating 20 wt% β-TCP nanoparticles into electrospun gelatin nanofibers. …”
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Application of Stem Cell Therapy for ACL Graft Regeneration by Canlong Wang, Yejun Hu, Shichen Zhang, Dengfeng Ruan, Zizhan Huang, Peiwen He, Honglu Cai, Boon Chin Heng, Xiao Chen, Weiliang Shen

“…Among the various different types of stem cells, bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BMSCs) have been investigated the most, while ligament stem progenitor cells (LDSCs) have demonstrated the best potential in generating tendon/ligament lineage cells. …”
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Pretreatment with G-CSF Could Enhance the Antifibrotic Effect of BM-MSCs on Pulmonary Fibrosis by Feiyan Zhao, Wei Liu, Shaojie Yue, Lei Yang, Qingzhong Hua, Yan Zhou, Haipeng Cheng, Ziqiang Luo, Siyuan Tang

“…Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF) can promote the repair of a variety of damaged tissues, but the underlying mechanisms have not yet been fully elucidated. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs) play an important role in the repair of damaged tissue. …”
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The role and underlying mechanism of dental pulp stem cell-derived exosomal miR-31 in the treatment of osteoarthritis by targeting mTOR to enhance chondrocyte autophagy levels by Guanglei Zhao, Jinyang Lyu, Xin Huang, Gangyong Huang, Feiyan Chen, Yibing Wei, Siqun Wang, Jun Xia, Jie Chen, Jingsheng Shi

“…Recent studies have revealed that exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells offer a promising approach to improve the pathological changes in osteoarthritis, cartilage tissue, and chondrocyte homeostasis. …”
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Exploring molecular disparities of H-type vasculature endothelial cells in osteonecrosis of the femoral head through single-cell analysis by Wei Shi, Dong Li, Qian Xu, Kai Zhang, Xinyu Liang, Hui Li, Zhijun Li, Huafeng Zhang

“…Results After integrating the 9 samples, 14 cell types were identified: B cells, Mesenchymal stem cells, Osteoblasts, Endothelial cells, Monocytes, T cells, NK cells, Fibroblasts, Macrophages, Common myeloid progenitors, Chondrocytes, Myelocytes, Osteoclasts, and Pericytes. …”
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Inhibitory Effects of iPSC-MSCs and Their Extracellular Vesicles on the Onset of Sialadenitis in a Mouse Model of Sjögren’s Syndrome by Bo Hai, Taeko Shigemoto-Kuroda, Qingguo Zhao, Ryang Hwa Lee, Fei Liu

“…Systemic infusion of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) isolated from tissues such as bone marrow (BM) alleviated SS in mouse models and a small clinical trial, but further research and application of this MSC therapy were hindered by limited expandability, significant donor variations, and safety concerns of tissue-derived MSCs. …”
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Influence of surface texture on osteogenic differentiation of dental pulp stem cells: An in vitro study by Komal Rajpurohit, Vidya Dodwad, Avinash Kharat, Spoorthi Belludi, Pooja Pharne, Sarah Marium

“…., cells treated with osteogenic induction media only (Group C). In Group C, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were treated with osteogenic induction medium without any titanium disc and these cells were used as standard controls. …”
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