Mesenchymal stem cell therapies for COVID-19 : Current status and mechanism of action

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The outbreak of COVID-19 in December 2019, has become an urgent and serious public health emergency. At present, there is no effective treatment or vaccine for COVID-19. Therefore, there is a crucial unmet need to develop a safe and effective treatment for COVID-19 patients. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are widely used in basic science and in a variety of clinical trials. MSCs are able to engraft to the damaged tissues after transplantation and promote tissue regeneration, besides MSCs able to secrete immunomodulatory factors that suppress the cytokine storms. Moreover, the contribution of MSCs to prevent cell death and inhibit tissue fibrosis is well established. In the current review article, the potential mechanisms by which MSCs contribute to the treatment of COVID-19 patients are highlighted. Also, current trials that evaluated the potential of MSC-based treatments for COVID-19 are briefly reviewed.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:262

Enthalten in:

Life sciences - 262(2020) vom: 01. Dez., Seite 118493

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Sadeghi, Somaye [VerfasserIn]
Soudi, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Shafiee, Abbas [VerfasserIn]
Hashemi, Seyed Mahmoud [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Cell therapy
Clinical trials
Coronavirus
Cytokine storm
Immunomodulatory effects
Journal Article
Review

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Date Completed 04.12.2020

Date Revised 28.03.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.lfs.2020.118493

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315500832