TGF-β and mesenchymal stromal cells in regenerative medicine, autoimmunity and cancer

V de Araújo Farias, AB Carrillo-Gálvez, F Martin… - Cytokine & Growth …, 2018 - Elsevier
Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) represent a promising cell-based therapy in
regenerative medicine and for the treatment of inflammatory/autoimmune diseases …

Gene delivery approaches for mesenchymal stem cell therapy: strategies to increase efficiency and specificity

GS Oggu, S Sasikumar, N Reddy, KKR Ella… - Stem cell reviews and …, 2017 - Springer
A significant number of clinical trials have been undertaken to explore the use of
mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) for the treatment of several diseases such as Crohn's …

[HTML][HTML] Global monkeypox outbreak

P Venkatesan - The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 2022 - thelancet.com
Caused by the DNA monkeypox virus belonging to the orthopoxvirus genus and transmitted
between animals and humans and from human to human, monkeypox disease results in …

[HTML][HTML] Cell therapy and tissue engineering approaches for cartilage repair and/or regeneration

R Mardones, CM Jofré… - International journal of …, 2015 - synapse.koreamed.org
Articular cartilage injuries caused by traumatic, mechanical and/or by progressive
degeneration result in pain, swelling, subsequent loss of joint function and finally …

Regulation of decellularized tissue remodeling via scaffold-mediated lentiviral delivery in anatomically-shaped osteochondral constructs

CR Rowland, KA Glass, AR Ettyreddy, CC Gloss… - Biomaterials, 2018 - Elsevier
Cartilage-derived matrix (CDM) has emerged as a promising scaffold material for tissue
engineering of cartilage and bone due to its native chondroinductive capacity and its ability …

Transforming growth factor-beta stimulates human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem/stromal cell chondrogenesis more so than kartogenin

E Music, TJ Klein, WB Lott, MR Doran - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
A previous study identified kartogenin (KGN) as a potent modulator of bone marrow
mesenchymal stem/stromal cell (BMSC) chondrogenesis. This initial report did not contrast …

Effective and durable genetic modification of human mesenchymal stem cells via controlled release of rAAV vectors from self-assembling peptide hydrogels with a …

A Rey-Rico, JK Venkatesan, J Frisch, G Schmitt… - Acta biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Controlling the release of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors from
biocompatible materials is a novel, attractive approach to increase the residence time and …

PEO–PPO–PEO micelles as effective rAAV-mediated gene delivery systems to target human mesenchymal stem cells without altering their differentiation potency

A Rey-Rico, JK Venkatesan, J Frisch, I Rial-Hermida… - Acta Biomaterialia, 2015 - Elsevier
Recombinant adeno-associated viral (rAAV) vectors are clinically adapted gene transfer
vectors for direct human cartilage regenerative medicine. Their appropriate use in patients is …

rAAV-mediated overexpression of TGF-β via vector delivery in polymeric micelles stimulates the biological and reparative activities of human articular chondrocytes in …

A Rey-Rico, JK Venkatesan, G Schmitt… - International journal …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors are clinically adapted vectors to
durably treat human osteoarthritis (OA). Controlled delivery of rAAV vectors via polymeric …

Effects of TGF-β overexpression via rAAV gene transfer on the early repair processes in an osteochondral defect model in minipigs

M Cucchiarini, AK Asen, L Goebel… - … American Journal of …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Background: Application of the chondrogenic transforming growth factor beta (TGF-β) is an
attractive approach to enhance the intrinsic biological activities in damaged articular …