Exogenous and Endogenous Stem Cells for Skeletal Regeneration.
Exogenous and Endogenous Stem Cells for Skeletal Regeneration.
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用于骨骼再生的外源和内源干细胞。
DOI:
10.1155/2018/2574243
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
4.3
通讯作者:
Yang,Liu
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文献类型:
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作者:
Zhu,Heng;Yu,Bo;Yang,Liu
The optimized applications of stem cells for skeletal reconstruction have been gaining more and more attention in the past decades. Generally, the exogenous multipotent cells are obtained from numerous connective tissues including adipose tissues, bones, and cartilages; expanded in an appropriate cell culture system in vitro; and intravenously delivered into the bodies or injected into skeletal tissues. These exogenous stem cells are expected to arrive in the tissue niches, differentiate into specialized skeletal cells, and protect the skeletal tissues from harmful stimuli. However, the underlying mechanisms of the regenerative effects of exogenous stem cells and the potential influences of the in vitro expansion on the stem cell biological characteristics remained largely elusive, which have confined the clinical applications of stem cells for skeletal regeneration. In accordance with the therapeutic effects of exogenous stem cells in skeletal reconstruction, endogenous stem cells are known now to be involved in skeletal repair. Upon the in vitro and in vivo stimuli, these tissue-specific stem cells proliferate, migrate to the specialized tissue niches, and differentiate to reconstruct the skeletal structure and function. Also, the precise regenerative mechanisms of endogenous stem cells are incompletely understood. Therefore, more details of the regenerative effects of both exogenous stem cells and endogenous stem cells, and their underlying mechanisms would be helpful to guide us in improving stem cell-based skeletal reconstruction. In this special issue, we first present a thorough review by W. Du et al. on the role of fibroblast growth factors in tooth development and incisor renewal. They suggest that the formation of dental tissues, as well as the development and homeostasis of the stem cells in the continuously growing mouse incisor, is mediated by multiple FGF family members. They discuss the role of FGF signaling in these mineralized tissues, trying to separate its different functions and highlighting the crosstalk between FGFs and other signaling pathways. In addition, the pivotal roles of the FGF family member in skeletal regeneration are further validated by an original article authored by L. Huang et al. They found that FGF-18 had a positive impact on chondrogenic differentiation and matrix deposition of human adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSC). More importantly, synergistic effects of FGF-18 and TGF-β3 were observed on the chondrogenesis of the ADSCs in vitro pellet model. Besides FGFs, platelet-derived growth factor (PDGF), a promoting factor for tissue repair, has been widely used in bone reconstruction in recent years. However, the mechanism by which PDGF regulates stem cell-based bone regeneration still remained largely unelucidated. M. Zhang et al. demonstrated that PDGF-BB increased osteogenic differentiation but inhibited adipogenic differentiation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). In addition, secreted PDGF-BB significantly enhanced human umbilical vein endothelial cell migration and angiogenesis. Most importantly, they showed that PDGF-BB overexpression significantly improved MSC-mediated angiogenesis and osteogenesisin vivoby using a critical-sized rat calvarial defect model. Stemness is one of the distinct features of stem cells from differentiated cells, which control the size of seed cell pool and the multipotency of seed cells for skeletal regeneration. In an original study from S. Zhang et al. in the current special issue,