scholarly journals Adipose Stem Cells attenuates Bleomycin induced Pulmonary Fibrosis

2015 ◽  
Vol 29 (S1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anandharajan Rathinasabapathy ◽  
Vinayak Shenoy ◽  
Alana Horowitz ◽  
Dominic Guzzo ◽  
Sina Jaekel ◽  
...  
2017 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 739-746 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Llontop ◽  
Daniel Lopez-Fernandez ◽  
Bernardino Clavo ◽  
Juan Luis Afonso Martín ◽  
María D Fiuza-Pérez ◽  
...  

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive interstitial lung disease with poor prognosis. Adipose-derived stem cells (ADSC) have demonstrated regenerative properties in several tissues. The hypothesis of this study was that airway transplantation of ADSC could protect against bleomycin (BLM)-induced pulmonary fibrosis (PF). Fifty-eight lungs from 29 male Sprague-Dawley rats were analyzed. Animals were randomly divided into five groups: a) control (n=3); b) sham (n=6); c) BLM (n=6); d) BLM+ADSC-2d (n=6); and e) BLM+ADSC-14d (n=8). Animals received 500 µL saline (sham), 2.5 UI/kg BLM in 500 µL saline (BLM), and 2×106 ADSC in 100 µL saline intratracheally at 2 (BLM+ADSC-2d) and 14 days (BLM+ADSC-14d) after BLM. Animals were sacrificed at 28 days. Blinded Ashcroft score was used to determine pulmonary fibrosis extent on histology. Hsp27, Vegf, Nfkβ, IL-1, IL-6, Col4, and Tgfβ1 mRNA gene expression were determined using real-time quantitative-PCR. Ashcroft index was: control=0; sham=0.37±0.07; BLM=6.55±0.34 vs sham (P=0.006). BLM vs BLM+ADSC-2d=4.63±0.38 (P=0.005) and BLM+ADSC-14d=3.77±0.46 (P=0.005). BLM vs sham significantly increased Hsp27 (P=0.018), Nfkβ (P=0.009), Col4 (P=0.004), Tgfβ1 (P=0.006) and decreased IL-1 (P=0.006). BLM+ADSC-2d vs BLM significantly decreased Hsp27 (P=0.009) and increased Vegf (P=0.006), Nfkβ (P=0.009). BLM+ADSC-14d vs BLM significantly decreased Hsp27 (P=0.028), IL-6 (P=0.013), Col4 (P=0.002), and increased Nfkβ (P=0.040) and Tgfβ1 (P=0.002). Airway transplantation of ADSC significantly decreased the fibrosis rate in both early and established pulmonary fibrosis, modulating the expression of Hsp27, Vegfa, Nfkβ, IL-6, Col4, and Tgfβ1. From a translational perspective, this technique could become a new adjuvant treatment for patients with IPF.


2021 ◽  
Vol 30 ◽  
pp. 096368972199621
Author(s):  
Hong-Meng Chuang ◽  
Li-Ing Ho ◽  
Horng-Jyh Harn ◽  
Ching-Ann Liu

COVID-19 has spread worldwide, including the United States, United Kingdom, and Italy, along with its site of origin in China, since 2020. The virus was first found in the Wuhan seafood market at the end of 2019, with a controversial source. The clinical symptoms of COVID-19 include fever, cough, and respiratory tract inflammation, with some severe patients developing an acute and chronic lung injury, such as acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and pulmonary fibrosis (PF). It has already claimed approximately 300 thousand human lives and the number is still on the rise; the only way to prevent the infection is to be safe till vaccines and reliable treatments develop. In previous studies, the use of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) in clinical trials had been proven to be effective in immune modulation and tissue repair promotion; however, their efficacy in treating COVID-19 remains underestimated. Here, we report the findings from past experiences of SARS and MSCs, and how SARS could also induce PF. Such studies may help to understand the rationale for the recent cell-based therapies for COVID-19.


Author(s):  
Anne Therese Lauvrud ◽  
Rojda Gümüscü ◽  
Rebecca Wiberg ◽  
Maria Brohlin ◽  
Peyman Kelk ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (11) ◽  
pp. 3299-3307 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduardo K. Moioli ◽  
Mo Chen ◽  
Rujing Yang ◽  
Bhranti Shah ◽  
June Wu ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 60 (4) ◽  
pp. S11
Author(s):  
K. Hemmrich ◽  
M. Wosnitza ◽  
A. Groger ◽  
S. Gräber ◽  
N. Pallua

2018 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 237-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna Kornicka ◽  
Jolanta Szłapka-Kosarzewska ◽  
Agnieszka Śmieszek ◽  
Krzysztof Marycz

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