| Autor: |
Wei Cheng, Chengming Fan, Qing Song, Ping Chen, Hong Peng, Ling Lin, Cong Liu, Bin Wang, Zijing Zhou |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2023 |
| Předmět: |
|
| Zdroj: |
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology, Vol 11 (2023) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
2296-4185 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fbioe.2023.1119606 |
| Popis: |
Fibrotic diseases result in organ remodelling and dysfunctional failure and account for one-third of all deaths worldwide. There are no ideal treatments that can halt or reverse progressive organ fibrosis, moreover, organ transplantation is complicated by problems with a limited supply of donor organs and graft rejection. The development of new approaches, especially induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-based therapy, is becoming a hot topic due to their ability to self-renew and differentiate into different cell types that may replace the fibrotic organs. In the past decade, studies have differentiated iPSCs into fibrosis-relevant cell types which were demonstrated to have anti-fibrotic effects that may have the potential to inform new effective precision treatments for organ-specific fibrosis. In this review, we summarize the potential of iPSC-based cellular approaches as therapeutic avenues for treating organ fibrosis, the advantages and disadvantages of iPSCs compared with other types of stem cell-based therapies, as well as the challenges and future outlook in this field. |
| Databáze: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
