Reciprocal regulation of mesenchymal stem cells and immune responses

Y Wang, J Fang, B Liu, C Shao, Y Shi - Cell stem cell, 2022 - cell.com
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) exist in almost all tissues and participate in tissue
regeneration and homeostasis. In-vitro-expanded MSCs are employed as therapeutics for …

Targeting cancer stem cell pathways for cancer therapy

L Yang, P Shi, G Zhao, J Xu, W Peng, J Zhang… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Since cancer stem cells (CSCs) were first identified in leukemia in 1994, they have been
considered promising therapeutic targets for cancer therapy. These cells have self-renewal …

Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells in cancer therapy

T Lan, M Luo, X Wei - Journal of Hematology & Oncology, 2021 - Springer
The multipotent mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs), initially discovered from bone
marrow in 1976, have been identified in nearly all tissues of human body now. The …

Stromal cells in the tumor microenvironment: accomplices of tumor progression?

Y Zhao, M Shen, L Wu, H Yang, Y Yao, Q Yang… - Cell Death & …, 2023 - nature.com
The tumor microenvironment (TME) is made up of cells and extracellular matrix (non-cellular
component), and cellular components include cancer cells and non-malignant cells such as …

Tumour-associated mesenchymal stem/stromal cells: emerging therapeutic targets

Y Shi, L Du, L Lin, Y Wang - Nature reviews Drug discovery, 2017 - nature.com
Mesenchymal stem cells, also known as mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), exist in many
tissues and are known to actively migrate to sites of tissue injury, where they participate in …

Concise review: mesenchymal stem cell-based drug delivery: the good, the bad, the ugly, and the promise

TEG Krueger, DLJ Thorek… - Stem cells …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
The development of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) as cell-based drug delivery vectors for
numerous clinical indications, including cancer, has significant promise. However, a …

Mesenchymal stem cell-released oncolytic virus: an innovative strategy for cancer treatment

N Ghasemi Darestani, AI Gilmanova… - Cell Communication and …, 2023 - Springer
Oncolytic viruses (OVs) infect, multiply, and finally remove tumor cells selectively, causing no
damage to normal cells in the process. Because of their specific features, such as, the ability …

Mesenchymal stem cells in cancer progression and anticancer therapeutic resistance

X Xuan, C Tian, M Zhao, Y Sun, C Huang - Cancer cell international, 2021 - Springer
Increasing evidence indicates that the tumor microenvironment appears to play an
increasingly important role in cancer progression and therapeutic resistance. Several types …

Chemical approaches to synthetic drug delivery systems for systemic applications

D Braatz, M Cherri, M Tully, M Dimde… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Poor water solubility and low bioavailability of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) are
major causes of friction in the pharmaceutical industry and represent a formidable hurdle for …

Mesenchymal stem cells engineered for cancer therapy

K Shah - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2012 - Elsevier
Recent pre-clinical and clinical studies have shown that stem cell-based therapies hold
tremendous promise for the treatment of human disease. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) …