• 2015-04-07

    Adipose-derived stem cell-containing hyaluronic acid/alginate hydrogel improves vocal fold wound healing

    OBJECTIVES/HYPOTHESIS: The purpose of this study was to investigate the regenerative efficacy of an injectable hyaluronic acid/mildly cross-linked alginate hydrogel (HA/ALG hydrogel) containing human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hAdMSCs) for vocal fold (VF) wound healing.
    STUDY DESIGN: Animal research.
    METHODS: HA/ALG hydrogel containing hAdMSCs was injected into the VFs of rabbits immediately after direct injury.

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    • 2015-10-06

    Administering human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells to prevent and treat experimental arthritis.

    요약 : 
    Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic autoimmune disease and affecting approximately 1% of the population. Human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hASCs) were recently found to suppress effector T cell and inflammatory responses and, thus, to have beneficial effects in various autoimmune diseases. In this study, we examined whether hASCs could play a protective and/or therapeutic role in collagen-induced arthritis (CIA). We showed that hASCs both prevented and treated CIA by significantly reducing the incidence and severity of experimental arthritis. We further demonstrated that treatment with hASCs inhibited the production of various inflammatory mediators, decreased antigen-specific Th1/Th17 cell expansion, and induced the production of anti-inflammatory cytokine interleukin-10. Moreover, hASCs could induce the generation of antigen-specific Treg cells with the capacity to suppress collagen-specific T cell responses.

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    • 2015-10-06

    Ameliorative effects of human adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells on myelin basic protein-induced experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis in Lewis rats.

    발행연도 : 2011

    저자 : Ko MS, HG Park, YM Yun, JC Ra, T Shin and KK Lee

    출처 : Neural Regeneration Research

    소스 : 지방 MSC

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    • 2015-10-06

    Amniotic membrane extract-loaded double-layered wound dressing: evaluation of gel properties and wound healing

    요약 : 
    The conservative single-layered wound dressing system is decomposed when mixed in polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) solution, which means it cannot be used with a temperature-sensitive drug. The goal of this investigation was to make an amniotic membrane extract (AME)-loaded double-layered wound dressing with an improved healing result compared to the conservative single-layered wound dressing systems. The double-layered wound dressing was developed with PVA/sodium alginate using a freeze–melting technique; one layer was PVA layer and the other was the drug-loaded sodium alginate layer. Its gel properties were assessed compared to single-layered wound dressings. Moreover, in vivo wound-healing effects and histopathology were calculated compared to commercial products. The double-layered wound dressing gave a similar gel fraction and Young’s module as single-layered wound bandages developed with only PVA, and a similar inflammation ability and WVTR as single-layered wound dressings developed with PVA and sodium alginate. Our data indicate that these double-layered wound bandages were just as swellable, but more elastic and stronger than single-layered wound dressings comprised of the same polymers and quantities, possibly giving an acceptable level of moisture and accumulation of exudates in the wound zone. Compared to the commercial product, the double-layered wound dressing comprising 6.7% PVA, 0.5% sodium alginate and 0.01% AME significantly enhanced the wound-healing effect in the wound-healing test. Histological investigations showed that superior full-thickness wound-healing effects compared to the commercial product. Therefore, the double-layered wound dressing would be an outstanding wound-dressing system with improved wound healing and good gel property

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