A Promising Future for Stem-Cell-Based Therapies in Muscular Dystrophies—In Vitro and In Vivo Treatments to Boost Cellular Engraftment.

Autor: Gois Beghini, Daniela, Iwao Horita, Samuel, Monteiro da Fonseca Cardoso, Liana, Anastacio Alves, Luiz, Nagaraju, Kanneboyina, Henriques-Pons, Andrea
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Zdroj: International Journal of Molecular Sciences; Nov2019, Vol. 20 Issue 21, p5433, 1p
Abstrakt: Muscular dystrophies (MD) are a group of genetic diseases that lead to skeletal muscle wasting and may affect many organs (multisystem). Unfortunately, no curative therapies are available at present for MD patients, and current treatments mainly address the symptoms. Thus, stem-cell-based therapies may present hope for improvement of life quality and expectancy. Different stem cell types lead to skeletal muscle regeneration and they have potential to be used for cellular therapies, although with several limitations. In this review, we propose a combination of genetic, biochemical, and cell culture treatments to correct pathogenic genetic alterations and to increase proliferation, dispersion, fusion, and differentiation into new or hybrid myotubes. These boosted stem cells can also be injected into pretreate recipient muscles to improve engraftment. We believe that this combination of treatments targeting the limitations of stem-cell-based therapies may result in safer and more efficient therapies for MD patients. Matricryptins have also discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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