The Role of MSCs on Inflammatory and Fibrotic Diseases
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Pathology, Diagnostics, and Therapeutics".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 July 2022) | Viewed by 2884
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Interests: mesenchymal stem cells; inflammation; paracrine effects; skin pathologies; miRNAs
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Dear Colleagues,
Inflammatory diseases include a vast array of disorders characterized by inflammation, ranging from asthma and autoimmune pathologies up to fibrotic diseases. Fibrosis is in fact defined as a pathological feature of most chronic inflammatory diseases. Among fibrotic diseases, pulmonary fibrosis deserves particular attention. In recent decades, scientific has research tried to address the question of the role of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) on inflammatory and fibrotic diseases; MSCs are able to modulate the inflamed microenvironment by secreting pro- and/or anti-inflammatory cytokines. The link between MSCs and inflammation is actually still debated: In different models, it has been observed that MSCs can sustain or counteract inflammation.
New insights about MSCs/inflammation/fibrotic diseases are requested to improve the knowledge of the mechanisms regulating these pathologies and to focus on the potential therapeutic role of MSCs.
Prof. Dr. Monia Orciani
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- MSCs
- inflammation
- fibrosis
- lung
- cytokines
- paracrine effect
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