• This phase I trial assessed the safety, efficacy, and immunologic responses to minor histocompatibility antigens following nonmyeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation as treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Eight patients received conditioning with fludarabine and low-dose total body irradiation followed by hematopoietic cell transplantation from an HLA-matched sibling donor. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma with allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation after nonmyeloablative conditioning with fludarabine/total body irradiation is feasible and may induce tumor regression or stabilization in some patients. (aacrjournals.org)
  • Sadan O, Melamed E, Offen D. Bone-marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell therapy for neurodegenerative diseases. (jamanetwork.com)
  • While still subject of ongoing research, any of the ingredients of the mesenchymal stem cell secretome and their specific activities have been identified. (anova-irm.com)
  • Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs)‐based therapy brings the reassuring capability to regenerative medicine through their self‐renewal and multilineage potency. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Forostyak S, Jendelova P, Kapcalova M, Arboleda D, Sykova E. Mesenchymal stromal cells prolong the lifespan in a rat model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (jamanetwork.com)
  • Human mesenchymal stromal cell transplantation modulates neuroinflammatory milieu in a mouse model of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (jamanetwork.com)
  • The mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC) have immunomodulatory properties and a high regenerative capacity. (frontiersin.org)
  • Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are increasingly used as an intravenously applied cellular therapeutic. (issca.us)
  • Later, Arnold Caplan's group described mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) as multipotent mesenchymal cell populations which can differentiate into several tissue types, and demonstrated roles for MSCs in the regeneration of bone, cartilage or ligaments in animal and clinical studies [2-4]. (issca.us)
  • This concept started from the observation that bone marrow transplantation can provide stromal cells able to synthesize intact collagen type I, replacing deficient patient cell function and ameliorating disease symptoms [5]. (issca.us)
  • ECFC were cultured alone or in coculture with rat or human mesenchymal stromal cells (rMSC/hMSC). (experimental-surgery.de)
  • Mesenchymal stromal cells in renal transplantation: opportunities and challenges. (genescells.ru)
  • Experimental treatment approaches include vaccines and nonmyeloablative allogeneic peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. (medscape.com)
  • Expanded natural killer cells killed both allogeneic and autologous primary myeloma cells avidly via a perforin-mediated mechanism in which the activating receptor NKG2D, natural cytotoxicity receptors, and DNAX-accessory molecule-1 played a central role. (haematologica.org)
  • Therefore, the authors concluded that transplantation of isolated healthy allogeneic MSCs might cure the disease. (issca.us)
  • Multiple myeloma is a cancer of plasma cells that produce monoclonal immunoglobulin and invade and destroy adjacent bone tissue. (merckmanuals.com)
  • After injury, mature terminally differentiated kidney cells dedifferentiate into more primordial versions of themselves and then differentiate into the cell types needing replacement in the damaged tissue Macrophages can self-renew by local proliferation of mature differentiated cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • In newts, muscle tissue is regenerated from specialized muscle cells that dedifferentiate and forget the type of cell they had been. (wikipedia.org)
  • Also, following transplantation and migration to target tissue, they encounter a harsh milieu accompanied by death signals because of the lack of proper tensegrity structure between the cells and matrix. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, natural MSCs in vivo survival and their biological effects on tissue recovery decrease with long-term cultivation called aging and also injected cells demonstrate poor targeted migration [ 21 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In order to reach these needs, recently, experiments with cell based therapies to rescue or replace dopamine-secreting cells, or with cells able to secrete paracrine factors modulating brain tissue repair were initiated [ 8 - 12 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Those are due to the unique characteristics of stem cells, such as immunological tolerance, migration, and tissue reparation. (bmrat.org)
  • Stem cells continue to play a role in repairing damaged tissue and replacing cells that are lost every day. (bmrat.org)
  • Oxygen tension in tissue of 30mmHg is required for cell division and healing. (revitalife.co.in)
  • can improve renal hypoxia by increasing partial pressure of dissolved (non-haemoglobin-bound) oxygen without affecting it's demand hence significantly benefitting patients with Chronic Renal Failure.it also recruits tissue and peripheral progenitors and supplies the optimal environment crucial for their proliferation and for tissue repair. (revitalife.co.in)
  • The tissue source of the MSCs was in most cases not decisive, and cells from various tissue sources were explored. (issca.us)
  • Advances have been made to develop autologous tissue engineered vascular grafts (TEVG) using endothelial colony forming cells (ECFC) obtained by peripheral blood draw in large animal trials. (experimental-surgery.de)
  • Our results suggest that the rigidity of liver tissue is largely determined by cellular components, which are replaced by fluid-filled spaces when cells are removed. (experimental-surgery.de)
  • Regenerative medicine is the process of creating living, functional tissues to repair or replace tissue or organ function lost due to age, disease, damage, or congenital defects. (biomedcentral.com)
  • An induced state of non-reactivity to grafted tissue from a donor organism that would ordinarily trigger a cell-mediated or humoral immune response. (lookformedical.com)
  • It is used for the prophylaxis of graft rejection in organ and tissue transplantation. (lookformedical.com)
  • The bone marrow- and adipose tissue-derived MSCs were cultured under human platelet lysate conditions and their biological characteristics evaluated for cell therapy (morphology, immunophenotype, colony-forming unit-fibroblast efficiency, proliferation capacity, potential for mesodermal differentiation, secreted proteins, and immunomodulatory effects). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Adipose tissue-derived MSCs had greater proliferative potential than bone marrow-derived MSCs, while no significantly difference in colony efficiency were observed between the two types of cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, bone marrow-derived MSCs possessed higher capacity toward osteogenic and chondrogenic differentiation compared with adipose tissue-derived MSCs, while similar adipogenic differentiation potential wase observed between the two types of cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There were some differences between bone marrow- and adipose tissue-derived MSCs for several secreted proteins, such as cytokine (interferon-γ), growth factors (basic fibroblast growth factor, hepatocyte growth factor, and insulin-like growth factor-1), and chemokine (stem cell-derived factor-1). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Over the past decade, MSCs which are isolated from the umbilical cord, umbilical cord blood, bone marrow (BM), adipose tissue (AT) and many other adult tissues have been explored as potential therapeutic strategies for a number of diseases [ 2 ], but AT and BM are the most widely used sources of MSC, especially in autologous cell-based therapies due to ease of harvest and potential autologous application [ 3 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The tissue of origin for renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is the proximal renal tubular epithelium. (medscape.com)
  • Patients were monitored for donor engraftment of myeloid and lymphoid cells, for clinical response by serial imaging, and for immunologic response by in vitro isolation of donor-derived CD8 + CTLs recognizing recipient minor histocompatibility (H) antigens. (aacrjournals.org)
  • The 2009 American Urological Association guideline for management of the clinical T1 renal mass recommends reviewing all available treatment options and the associated benefits and risks with the patient. (medscape.com)
  • The treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma is problematic, and, whenever possible, patients should be directed to approved and controlled clinical trials. (medscape.com)
  • Systemic treatment with adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells ameliorates clinical and pathological features in the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis murine model. (jamanetwork.com)
  • Clinical improvement was paralleled by a strong reduction in serum ANCA levels as well as total IgG, indicating depletion of plasma cells. (bmj.com)
  • It may start with a range of non-motor symptoms such as disorders of the autonomic nervous system, olfaction, sleep, mood and subtle cognitive deterioration, before a degeneration of the dopamine producing cells in the upper brainstem (nigral substance) may manifest with motor parkinsonism, the clinical hallmark of this disease, and way before involvement of the neocortex induces dementia [ 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The majority of the cited preclinical and clinical studies use expanded and/or induced mesenchymal stem cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There is an unmet need to develop novel therapies for refractory/relapsed MM. In the past few years, chimeric antigen receptor (CAR)-modified T cell therapy for MM has shown promising efficacy in preclinical and clinical studies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Blood and Marrow Transplant Research [CIBMTR] in 2004), the European Research Project on Cord Blood Transplantation (Eurocord) in 1993, and the Japanese Cord Blood Banking Network in 1996-expedited the clinical evaluation of the efficacy and safety of transplantation of cord blood from unrelated donors. (nationalacademies.org)
  • In this article, we will provide an overview of clinical islet transplantation (IT) and its advances in the last few years. (touchendocrinology.com)
  • In clinical practice, these involve the life-long immunosuppression of the organ transplantation patients, the creation of the supporting environment for engineered tissues in the mended organ, the unsolved issues of cell survival and differentiation of the cell-based therapy, and the selection and development of vectors for gene therapy. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, the clinical application of tumor-infiltrating γδ T cells has certain limitations. (explorationpub.com)
  • Finally, it retrospectively analyze the activation strategies and clinical relevance of existing γδ T cell adoptive immunotherapies. (explorationpub.com)
  • We then outline preclinical approaches that employ CAR-NK cells for GB immunotherapy, and give an overview on the ongoing clinical development of ErbB2 (HER2)-specific CAR-NK cells currently applied in a phase I clinical trial in glioblastoma patients. (frontiersin.org)
  • It is pointed out that protocols based on the using BM cells, permit to work out the tolerance state and now they are estimate at clinical kidney transplantation, during multicentre investigations. (genescells.ru)
  • This prospective, multi-center, open-label, single-arm clinical study was performed at three peripheral institutes of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi during April 2016 to May 2017. (clinicaltdd.com)
  • Clinical safety of Mamajjaka Ghanavati was assessed by liver and renal function tests. (clinicaltdd.com)
  • MSCs are multipotent cells characterized by their regenerative capabilities and immunomodulatory properties. (nature.com)
  • Accordingly, pre-conditioning of MSCs is strongly suggested to upgrade their performances in vivo, leading to more favored transplantation efficacy in regenerative medicine. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Therefore, research on exosomes produced by MSC has been intensified for use in cell-free regenerative medicine. (frontiersin.org)
  • Stem cells are not only widely used for regenerative medicine, but are also considered as a useful tool for cancer treatment. (bmrat.org)
  • It Increases Endogenous and peripheral Stem cell mobilisation, activation homing and differentiation potential hence useful adjunct in regenerative medicine. (revitalife.co.in)
  • Progenitors are obtained by so-called direct reprogramming or directed differentiation and are also called induced somatic stem cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • This meant that the cells can change their differentiation pathway. (wikipedia.org)
  • In Drosophila imaginal discs, cells have to choose from a limited number of standard discrete differentiation states. (wikipedia.org)
  • The fact that transdetermination (change of the path of differentiation) often occurs for a group of cells rather than single cells shows that it is induced rather than part of maturation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Thioredoxin-1 regulates self-renewal and differentiation of murine hematopoietic stem cells through p53 tumor suppressor. (dukecancerinstitute.org)
  • When genetically susceptible individuals are exposed to infection, stress or trauma, cutaneous dendritic cells are activated to produce tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α and interleukin (IL)-23, which subsequently stimulate the proliferation and differentiation of proinflammatory T cells. (nature.com)
  • They also can inspire angiogenesis by direct differentiation, cell-to-cell interaction, or paracrine effects. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Likewise, they have the ability to activate the angiogenesis, proliferation, migration, and differentiation of the main cell types involved in skin regeneration. (frontiersin.org)
  • Moreover, BCMA plays an essential role in regulating B cell maturation and differentiation into plasma cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • B lood cell differentiation begins with multipotent hematopoietic progenitor cells (HPCs), which are located in the marrow spaces of the bone. (nationalacademies.org)
  • These primitive cells undergo division and differentiation to form the various peripheral blood cells. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Multiple myeloma (MM) is a hematological malignancy characterized by the proliferation of transformed monoclonal plasma cells in the bone marrow (BM) [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These results suggest that the exposure to environmental pollutants in utero affects genetic constitution of fetus and increases MN values in their body cells, which is detectable right after birth in peripheral blood lymphocytes. (go.jp)
  • Activated γδ T cells exhibit strong cytotoxic activity and cytokine secretion functions and are effective antitumor lymphocytes with simple and direct recognition modes and rapid responses. (explorationpub.com)
  • This review presents analysis of the modern state of transplant tolerance forming problem in recipient organism by using stem/ progenitory cells of bone marrow (BM) and differentiated immunoregulatory (tolerogenic) subsets of blood cells-regulatory B- and T-lymphocytes (Treg), and regulatory dendritic cells (DCreg). (genescells.ru)
  • Overview of Plasma Cell Disorders Plasma cell disorders are a diverse group of disorders of unknown etiology characterized by Disproportionate proliferation of a single clone of B cells Presence of a structurally and electrophoretically. (merckmanuals.com)
  • First, we are interested in Epstein Barr Virus-mediated mechanisms of immune evasion with particular emphasis on pathways that promote survival and proliferation of EBV B cell lymphomas, the characterization of the human T cell and NK cell response to EBV and the identification of novel therapeutics for treatment of EBV B cell lymphomas. (stanford.edu)
  • Hyperbaric oxygen therapy also increases viability and proliferation of adipose-derived stem cells, alters marker expression and subpopulations, decreases TGF-β secretion. (revitalife.co.in)
  • Other benefits include fibroblast proliferation via fibroblast growth factor (FGF), capillary angiogenesis, decreasing oedema, the upregulation of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), decreasing nitric oxide (NO) leading to vasoconstriction, cell proliferation and migration, wound granulation, and improved epithelial production. (revitalife.co.in)
  • Therapy promotes neovascularization and endothelial cells, fibroblast proliferation and collagen deposition. (revitalife.co.in)
  • Preservation of the organ-specific biomatrix is crucial for successful recellularization to support cell survival, proliferation, and functionality. (experimental-surgery.de)
  • Sadan O, Melamed E, Offen D. Intrastriatal transplantation of neurotrophic factor-secreting human mesenchymal stem cells improves motor function and extends survival in R6/2 transgenic mouse model for Huntington's disease. (jamanetwork.com)
  • Clones from three patients with a partial response or stable disease recognized antigens expressed on renal cell carcinoma tumor cells. (aacrjournals.org)
  • The therapeutic approach to renal cell carcinoma (RCC) is guided by the probability of cure, which is related directly to the stage or degree of tumor dissemination. (medscape.com)
  • Go to Renal Cell Carcinoma Treatment Protocols , Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma , and Sarcomatoid and Rhabdoid Renal Cell Carcinoma for complete information on these topics. (medscape.com)
  • To view a multidisciplinary tumor board case discussion, see Memorial Sloan Kettering e-Tumor Boards: Metastatic Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma . (medscape.com)
  • Surgical resection remains the only known effective treatment for localized renal cell carcinoma, and it also is used for palliation in metastatic disease. (medscape.com)
  • Renal cell carcinoma is an immunogenic tumor, and spontaneous regressions have been documented. (medscape.com)
  • Surgical resection is recommended in selected patients with metastatic renal carcinoma. (medscape.com)
  • The study also revealed increased risk of death due to renal cell carcinoma in patients who did not undergo surgical resection of metastasis. (medscape.com)
  • [ 18 ] A study by Alt et al found that complete resection of multiple renal cell carcinoma metastases may be associated with long-term survival. (medscape.com)
  • This applies as well in the adjuvant treatment of surgically resected renal cell carcinoma, for which no therapy has yet been found to offer survival benefit. (medscape.com)
  • Renal cell carcinoma (see the image below) is the most common type of kidney cancer in adults. (medscape.com)
  • See Renal Cell Carcinoma: Recognition and Follow-up , a Critical Images slideshow, to help evaluate renal masses and determine when and what type of follow-up is necessary. (medscape.com)
  • Renal cell carcinoma may remain clinically occult for most of its course. (medscape.com)
  • Renal cell carcinoma (RCC) accounts for approximately 3% of adult malignancies and 90-95% of neoplasms arising from the kidney. (medscape.com)
  • CD8 + CTL-recognizing minor H antigens on tumor cells can be isolated posttransplant and could contribute to the graft- versus -tumor effect. (aacrjournals.org)
  • ALCL was recognized in 1985, when tumor cells consistently demonstrated labeling by the monoclonal antibody Ki-1, a marker later shown to recognize the CD30 antigen. (medscape.com)
  • For Phase 1 dose expansion, the AXL expression cutoff is ≥ 1+ in ≥ 10% tumor cells. (marycrowley.org)
  • Transporters on the plasma membrane of tumor cells are promising molecular "Trojan horses" to deliver drugs and imaging agents into cancer cells. (aspetjournals.org)
  • In particular, human organic cation transporter 2 (hOCT2) and multidrug and toxin extrusion proteins 1 and 2-K (hMATE1/2-K) likely mediate renal secretion of mIBG, whereas hOCT1 and hOCT3 may contribute to mIBG uptake into normal tissues such as the liver, salivary glands, and heart. (aspetjournals.org)
  • Recent research has shown that MSCs also support the re-establishment of blood supply to the damaged spinal cord by inducing angiogenesis. (anova-irm.com)
  • This review should include oncologic issues, kidney function issues, and potential complications. (medscape.com)
  • Results The first patient with myeloperoxidase-ANCA-positive microscopic polyangiitis had resolution of pneumonitis and pleuritis and stabilisation of kidney function after daratumumab. (bmj.com)
  • In the 1970s, Friedenstein and colleagues [1] first reported that locally applied culture-expanded populations of bone marrow stroma-derived fibroblastic cells remained at their injection sites under the kidney capsule, where an ectopic hematopoiesis was initiated. (issca.us)
  • Tolerance in kidney transplantation. (genescells.ru)
  • 2 Psoriasis is a disease with innate and adaptive immune system disorder and dendritic cells, neutrophils, keratinocytes and T cells play major roles in the pathogenesis. (nature.com)
  • NK cells contribute to cancer immune surveillance not only by their direct natural cytotoxicity which is triggered rapidly upon stimulation through germline-encoded cell surface receptors, but also by modulating T-cell mediated antitumor immune responses through maintaining the quality of dendritic cells and enhancing the presentation of tumor antigens. (frontiersin.org)
  • Dendritic cells (DC) are central purveyors of both innate and adaptive immune responses. (jscimedcentral.com)
  • Dendritic cells (DC) are both widely dispersed in the body and are potent activators of effector immune response, which stresses their important role in HIV infection [1,2]. (jscimedcentral.com)
  • Comparative study of the immunoregulatory capacity of in vitro generated tolerogenic dendritic cells, suppressor macrophages, and myeloid-derived suppressor cells. (genescells.ru)
  • The proinflammatory T cells secrete inflammatory cytokines, including interferon (IFN)-γ and IL-17, which affect keratinocytes and other leukocytes that forms an amplified immune response. (nature.com)
  • Cellular debris and free radicals lead to inflammation and infiltration by immune cells. (anova-irm.com)
  • High-dimensional profiling of pediatric immune responses to solid organ transplantation. (stanford.edu)
  • Due to their capability to transdifferentiate, to immune modulate and to increase neuroplasticity by producing neurotrophic factors, adult stem cells (ASC) might fill this gap. (biomedcentral.com)
  • For a long time, stem cells have been utilized to renew the immune system for radiation or chemo- therapy treated patients. (bmrat.org)
  • γδ T cells recruited into the tumor microenvironment can act as effector cells to mediate cancer immune surveillance. (explorationpub.com)
  • This review further emphasizes the diversified cross-talk between γδ T cells and other immune cells. (explorationpub.com)
  • It is hoped that the host immune status can be accurately predicted and gradually advance γδ T cell precise individualized medicine. (explorationpub.com)
  • They initiate and modulate immune responses to pathogenic signals and play a key role in peripheral tolerance. (jscimedcentral.com)
  • A failure of DCs to mature, as witnessed during HIV uptake, however, leads to attenuation of antigen-specific immune responses and may significantly contribute to induction of T cell regulatory responses. (jscimedcentral.com)
  • They are also key players in spread of infection via trans-CD4 T cell infection (or in cis), and stimulation of adaptive immune responses in attempt to eliminate virus. (jscimedcentral.com)
  • Agents that suppress immune function by one of several mechanisms of action. (lookformedical.com)
  • Intravenous mesenchymal stem cells improve survival and motor function in experimental amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (jamanetwork.com)
  • 1 Significant advances have been made by combining novel agents with autologous peripheral blood stem cell transplantation which allows for long-term disease-free survival in the majority of transplant-eligible patients. (haematologica.org)
  • Intercellular mitochondrial transfer can be regarded as an extension of intracellular mitochondrial movement or intercellular communication, which undoubtedly increases the mtDNA content of the recipient cells and restores the respiration and survival of the recipient cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Umbilical cord blood is a rich source of these committed progenitor cells and, presumably, multipotent HPCs (Knudtzon, 1974). (nationalacademies.org)
  • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have immunomodulatory properties. (nature.com)
  • 11 The regulatory effect of MSCs on T cells has also been demonstrated in mice models of autoimmune disease such as rheumatoid arthritis and sjogren syndrome (SS). (nature.com)
  • In this review, we deliver an overview of the pre-conditioning methods that are considered a strategy for improving the therapeutic efficacy of MSCs in organ failures, in particular, renal, heart, lung, and liver. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Although there is no particular quantitative assay to provide MSCs identification in mixed cells population [ 8 ], the International Society for Cellular Therapy (ISCT) has provided minimum principles to determine MSCs. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There is growing evidence that mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) could change the fate of SCI victims by re-establishing spinal cord function. (anova-irm.com)
  • Adult stem cells comprise mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) and ectodermal stem cells (ESCs). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Pivotal studies by the group of Horwitz in children with osteogenesis imperfecta, an inherited enzyme deficiency of collagen synthesis by mesenchymal cells in bone, opened the field for intravenous use of MSCs. (issca.us)
  • In a second study [6], these authors showed that autologous, enzyme-deficient MSCs transduced with a copy of the intact gene resulted in normal collagen production in bone cavities. (issca.us)
  • and signals from the injected cells were found early after administration of the MSCs at the highest frequencies in the lungs, followed by liver and spleen. (issca.us)
  • Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are promising candidates for cell-based therapies. (biomedcentral.com)
  • One example is the transformation of iris cells to lens cells in the process of maturation and transformation of retinal pigment epithelium cells into the neural retina during regeneration in adult newt eyes. (wikipedia.org)
  • Some types of mature, specialized adult cells can naturally revert to stem cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • For instance, multilineage-differentiating stress-enduring (Muse) cells are stress-tolerant adult human stem cells that can self-renew. (wikipedia.org)
  • Sadan O, Shemesh N, Cohen Y, Melamed E, Offen D. Adult neurotrophic factor-secreting stem cells: a potential novel therapy for neurodegenerative diseases. (jamanetwork.com)
  • However soon after the drug's release in Europe reports linked thalidomide to causing peripheral neuropathy in adult patients (which prevented its licensing and general release in the USA) as well as being behind the occurrence of a high and sudden increase of rare birth defects [ 3 , 5 - 8 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • For example, embryonic stem cells exist only at the earliest stage of embryo and adult stem cells appear during fetal development and are retained throughout life. (bmrat.org)
  • A blastocyst contains an inner cell mass including a clump of around 150 cells that eventually will generate the entire body of the adult animal. (bmrat.org)
  • This is done by re-activating critical genes that define embryonic stem cells to make adult stem cells to revert to an embryonic-like state of pluripotency. (bmrat.org)
  • This way of making iPSCs from adult cells circumvents the need to destroy an embryo from living donor. (bmrat.org)
  • Adult stem cells were firstly isolated from bone marrow in mice (Spangrude, Heimfeld, and Weissman, 1988) and later in humans. (bmrat.org)
  • With more than 6,000 transplants of cord blood from related and unrelated donors performed thus far, cord blood has emerged as an acceptable, alternative source of HPCs that has some advantages over adult sources of HPCs and the availability of which represents an important development in the field. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Organs and tissues are built up by specialized cells from the pool of stem cells that form shortly after fertilization. (bmrat.org)
  • Stem cells are widely defined by two main characteristics: the ability to self-renew (divide in a way that reproduces more identical stem cells) and to differentiate (to turn stem cells into specialized cells that form different organs and tissues). (bmrat.org)
  • BCMA is not present in other hematological cells like hematopoietic stem cells or other tissues. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, understanding ECM properties with and without its inhabiting cells as well as the transition between the two states lacks appropriate test methods capable of quantifying bulk viscoelastic parameters in soft tissues. (experimental-surgery.de)
  • Understanding the molecular mechanisms governing mIBG transport in cancer and normal cells is a critical step for developing strategies to optimize the efficacy of 131 I-mIBG while minimizing toxicity in normal tissues. (aspetjournals.org)
  • Most DCs in tissues and blood are present in an immature state, but upon antigen acquisition and activation they mature. (jscimedcentral.com)
  • Sixty percent of cases express 1 or more T-cell antigens (CD3 + , CD43, or CD45RO). (medscape.com)
  • Several antigens have been used as targets for CAR-T cell therapy against MM, including B cell maturation antigen (BCMA), CD19, CD138, signaling lymphocytic activation molecule 7 (SLAM7), and immunoglobulin light chains. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Taking advantage of the diverse γδ TCR repertoire or other ligand-receptor interactions, γδ T cells can recognize a broad spectrum of tumor-associated antigens (TAAs) in a major histocompatibility complex (MHC)-independent manner, thereby activating downstream pleiotropic effects. (explorationpub.com)
  • Here, we discuss effects of the GB tumor microenvironment on NK-cell functionality, summarize early treatment attempts with ex vivo activated NK cells, and describe relevant CAR target antigens validated with CAR-T cells. (frontiersin.org)
  • Typical isoantigens are the BLOOD GROUP ANTIGENS. (lookformedical.com)
  • Transplantation between genetically identical individuals, i.e., members of the same species with identical histocompatibility antigens, such as monozygotic twins, members of the same inbred strain, or members of a hybrid population produced by crossing certain inbred strains. (lookformedical.com)
  • Donor and recipient pairs should be of identical ABO blood group, and in addition should be matched as closely as possible for HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS in order to minimize the likelihood of allograft rejection. (lookformedical.com)
  • or actively by prior immunization of the recipient with graft antigens which evoke specific antibodies and form antigen-antibody complexes which bind to the antigen receptor sites of the T-cells and block their cytotoxic activity. (lookformedical.com)
  • Common manifestations include lytic lesions in bones that cause pain and/or fractures, renal insufficiency, hypercalcemia, anemia, and recurrent infections. (merckmanuals.com)
  • They showed that opposing gradients of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) and Nodal, two transforming growth factor family members that act as morphogens, are sufficient to induce molecular and cellular mechanisms required to organize, in vivo or in vitro, uncommitted cells of the zebrafish blastula animal pole into a well-developed embryo. (wikipedia.org)
  • Differentiated airway epithelial cells can revert into stable and functional stem cells in vivo. (wikipedia.org)
  • They form characteristic cell clusters in suspension culture that express a set of genes associated with pluripotency and can differentiate into endodermal, ectodermal and mesodermal cells both in vitro and in vivo. (wikipedia.org)
  • The transferred, expanded natural killer cells proliferated in vivo in an interleukin-2 dose-dependent fashion, persisted up to 4 weeks, were readily detectable in the human bone, inhibited myeloma growth and protected bone from myeloma-induced osteolysis. (haematologica.org)
  • Nevertheless, ex vivo activation with cytokines can restore cytolytic activity of NK cells against GB, indicating that NK cells have potential for adoptive immunotherapy of GB if potent cytotoxicity can be maintained in vivo . (frontiersin.org)
  • RXR Agonists Enhance Lenalidomide Anti-Myeloma Activity and T Cell Functions while Retaining Glucose-Lowering Effect. (dukecancerinstitute.org)
  • We tested whether natural killer cells expanded by co-culture with K562 cells transfected with 41BBL and membrane-bound interleukin-15 could kill myeloma cells with a high-risk gene expression profile in vitro and in a unique model which recapitulates human myeloma. (haematologica.org)
  • These mice are devoid of endogenous natural killer and T-cell activity and were used to determine whether adoptively transferred expanded natural killer cells could inhibit myeloma growth and myeloma-associated bone destruction. (haematologica.org)
  • Results Natural killer cells from healthy donors and myeloma patients expanded a median of 804- and 351-fold, respectively, without significant T-cell expansion. (haematologica.org)
  • Adoptive transfer of expanded natural killer cells inhibited the growth of established OPM2 and high-risk primary myeloma tumors grown in the murine model. (haematologica.org)
  • However, in some patients no suitable replacements (i.e. autologous or prosthetic bypass grafts) are available. (experimental-surgery.de)
  • To overcome the need for major surgery and its associated risks, transplantation of islet cells isolated from human cadaveric pancreata has been developed as an alternative therapeutic approach. (touchendocrinology.com)
  • Lesions are caused by bone replacement by expanding plasmacytomas or by cytokines that are secreted by malignant plasma cells that activate osteoclasts and suppress osteoblasts, leading to bone loss. (merckmanuals.com)
  • instead cytokines function through binding to a cognate receptor proteins, which trigger phosphorylation and activation of intracellular signaling proteins. (openrheumatologyjournal.com)
  • Antibody- and T-cell-based approaches to targeting of B-cell maturation antigen have shown efficacy. (merckmanuals.com)
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficacy and safety of Mamajjaka Ghanavati on blood glucose level, symptoms, and quality of life in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. (clinicaltdd.com)
  • Anaplastic large cell lymphomas (ALCLs) are distinguished from other lymphomas by their anaplastic cytology and constant membrane expression of the CD30 antigen (an activation marker for B or T cells). (medscape.com)
  • This Antibody was verified by Cell treatment to ensure that the antibody binds to the antigen stated. (thermofisher.com)
  • Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy has emerged as a novel immunotherapy which modifies T cells with CAR, an artificial fusion protein that incorporates an extracellular antigen recognition domain, a transmembrane domain, and an intracellular domain including costimulation and signaling components [ 4 , 5 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Two main advantages of BCMA as an antigen for CAR-T therapy are the potential reduction of on-target/off-tumor toxicity and the lack of antigen-dependent reduction in CAR-T cell expansion [ 16 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 2003). After the early success of transplantation of cord blood from related donors, cord blood banks were established to provide rapidly accessible, human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-typed units predominantly for transplantation of HPCs from unrelated donors. (nationalacademies.org)
  • Furthermore, similar to T cells, specific recognition and elimination of cancer cells by NK cells can be markedly enhanced through expression of chimeric antigen receptors (CARs), which provides an opportunity to generate NK-cell therapeutics of defined specificity for cancer immunotherapy. (frontiersin.org)
  • While CD4 T cells are by far the most abundant HIV-infected cell, DCs express a variety of HIV co-receptors and lectin receptors that modulate HIV uptake, antigen processing, and trans-infection to T cells, thus contributing to a wide variety of immunological outcomes. (jscimedcentral.com)
  • In addition, the ability of HIV to exploit DC surface receptors or intracellular routing mechanisms to avoid antigen-processing machinery also contributes to viral persistence and promotes trans or cis-infection of CD4 T cells. (jscimedcentral.com)
  • It was given supposition that at using BM cells the forming of steady transplant tolerance state is a result of successive entering of central (thymical induction of temporary mixed chimer-ism) and peripheral tolerance mechanisms. (genescells.ru)
  • Treg and DCreg induce mechanisms only peripheral tolerance. (genescells.ru)
  • Combined application of BM cells and Treg permits to increase the terms for maintaining of donor chimerism into all cell lines (incuding Tcells) and transplant tolerance in recipient organism. (genescells.ru)
  • After an attempt to replace thyroid function with thyroid hormone in pills (Eutirox), the patient had reported multiple symptoms which might be suggestive for adverse side effects of Eutirox (double vision, tachycardia, disturbance of sleep, outbursts of anger). (doctorsmedicalopinion.com)
  • Stem cell therapy has been the subject of many studies for its potential to cure many disorders. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Mesenchymal stem cells induced to secrete neurotrophic factors attenuate quinolinic acid toxicity: a potential therapy for Huntington's disease. (jamanetwork.com)
  • Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is the only potentially curative therapy, but it is only an option for select patients. (cancernetwork.com)
  • The combination of Stem Cell Therapy with neuromuscular feedback training with HAL may advance success rates in patients with Spinal Cord Injury. (anova-irm.com)
  • Methods We treated two patients with severe life-threatening AAV with renal and pulmonary manifestation despite induction therapy with rituximab and cyclophosphamide with four to eight doses of 1800 mg daratumumab. (bmj.com)
  • Furthermore, the toxicities of CAR-T cell therapy are manageable. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Over 500 products have been investigated for neuroprotective effects including those from the categories of free radical scavengers, anti-excitotoxic agents, apoptosis (programmed cell death) inhibitors, anti-inflammatory agents, neurotrophic factors, metal ion chelators, ion channel modulators, and gene therapy. (researchandmarkets.com)
  • Collectively, although scientists are increasingly aware of mitochondria's dynamic and transferable capabilities of mitochondria, the unclear mechanism and effectiveness of mitochondrial transfer/transplantation therapy limit its widespread application in diseases. (biomedcentral.com)
  • However, one important question that remains to be answered is which cell is more effective and suitable for cell therapy. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This has led to the efforts to preserve or restore endogenous beta cell mass, which could provide better glycemic control and help prevent long-term complications of diabetes. (touchendocrinology.com)
  • The American Urological Association guideline for management of clinically localized sporadic renal masses suspicious for RCC in adults recommends reviewing all available treatment options and the associated benefits and risks with the patient. (medscape.com)
  • One emerging treatment option for several antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases is the anti-CD38 antibody daratumumab, which depletes autoantibody-secreting plasma cells. (bmj.com)
  • Cancer vaccines based on the knowledge of cancer stem cells have been studied and applied for cancer treatment. (bmrat.org)
  • This re- view discusses stem cell applications in transplantation, stem cell-based carriers, induced-pluripotent stem cells, can- cer stem cells, and potential of stem cells engineering to revolutionize cancer treatment. (bmrat.org)
  • Immunotherapy utilizing T cell immunity has become a new treatment to eliminate cancer cells. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Islet transplantation (IT) has emerged as an acceptable method for the treatment of patients with T1DM who suffer for frequent severe hypoglycemia and/or glycemic lability. (touchendocrinology.com)
  • In addition, we also discuss the existing methods of artificial mitochondrial transfer/transplantation (AMT/T) and their therapeutic effects on diseases to explore the potential applications of mitochondrial transfer and transplantation in the treatment of mitochondrial-related diseases, mitochondrial diseases, and cancer. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Further, cancer treatment often involves radiotherapy and chemotherapy, which not only kills cancer cells but also affects healthy cells. (aspetjournals.org)
  • In vitro PUVA treatment preferentially induces apoptosis in alloactivated T cells. (genescells.ru)
  • At the end of the treatment period (84th day), the changes in Diabetes Symptom Questionnaire ( i.e ., glycosylated hemoglobin and fasting and postprandial blood sugar levels) were analyzed. (clinicaltdd.com)
  • However, compared to baseline data, no significant differences in glycated hemoglobin, fasting and postprandial blood sugar levels as well as hepatic and renal parameters were observed after 84 days of treatment with Mamajjaka Ghanavati. (clinicaltdd.com)
  • Increasingly, renal cell cancers are diagnosed at an earlier stage, and nephron-sparing surgery and thermal ablation are gaining acceptance as a treatment of choice for smaller tumors. (medscape.com)
  • After UMSC transplantation (UMSCT), the frequencies of Tregs and CD4 + memory T cells were significantly increased, and the frequencies of T helper (Th) 17 and CD4 + naive T cells were significantly decreased in peripheral blood (PB) of psoriasis patients. (nature.com)
  • They are classified as either totipotent (iTC), pluripotent (iPSC) or progenitor (multipotent - iMSC, also called an induced multipotent progenitor cell - iMPC) or unipotent - (iUSC) according to their developmental potential and degree of dedifferentiation. (wikipedia.org)
  • As the cells reproduce, they commit to a particular task or cell line and become known as committed progenitor cells . (nationalacademies.org)
  • These committed progenitor cells are difficult to discern from the original multipotent cells but can be cultured to form colonies of specific types of blood cells (Guyton and Hall, 2000). (nationalacademies.org)
  • In 15 to 20% of patients, plasma cells secrete only Bence Jones protein. (merckmanuals.com)
  • The cells secrete extracellular vesicles (EV) that may have an endosomal origin, or from evaginations of the plasma membrane. (frontiersin.org)
  • They include endothelial cells, fibroblasts, and keratinocytes. (frontiersin.org)
  • In vitro recellularization of decellularized bovine carotid arteries using human endothelial colony forming cells " was published in the latest issue of Journal of Biological Engineering . (experimental-surgery.de)
  • Whilst it is often thought that the mechanical forces to the spinal cord at the time of the accident are responsible for most of the functional deficits, much of the damage actually occurs after the initial trauma by different pathophysiological processes such as neuronal death by apoptosis and necrosis, inflammation, dysfunction of the blood-brain barrier, ionic dysregulation, lipid peroxidation and the generation of free radicals. (anova-irm.com)
  • During the first two hours after the injury, which is called the acute phase 4 , glial cells and neurons at the site of the lesion die via necrosis (inflammatory cell death) or by apoptosis (programmed cell death) 5 . (anova-irm.com)
  • Renal cancer occurs in a sporadic (nonhereditary) and a hereditary form, and both forms are associated with structural alterations of the short arm of chromosome 3 (3p). (medscape.com)
  • Diagnosis typically requires demonstration of M-protein (sometimes present in urine and not serum but rarely absent entirely) and/or light-chain proteinuria, and excessive plasma cells in the bone marrow. (merckmanuals.com)
  • Decellularized BCA chips were seeded with human ECFC, isolated from a high cardiovascular risk patient group, suffering from diabetes, hypertension and/or chronic renal failure. (experimental-surgery.de)
  • Histologically, ALCL is characterized by sheets of large pleomorphic cells with abundant cytoplasm, horseshoe- or wreath-shaped nuclei, and multiple prominent nucleoli. (medscape.com)
  • hESCs can be generated by SCNT using dermal fibroblasts nuclei from both a middle-aged 35-year-old male and an elderly, 75-year-old male, suggesting that age-associated changes are not necessarily an impediment to SCNT-based nuclear reprogramming of human cells. (wikipedia.org)
  • The number of colony-forming cells (CFCs) also increases substantially. (revitalife.co.in)
  • HIV uptake by DCs is unique in that it does not preferentially drive DC maturation and stimulate T cell instruction, but rather favors viral spread [10]. (jscimedcentral.com)
  • BCMA, a member of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) superfamily, is exclusively expressed in a subpopulation of B cells, normal plasma cells, and malignant plasma cells. (biomedcentral.com)