Harrell, Carl Randall; Jovicic, Biljana Popovska; Djonov, Valentin; Volarevic, Vladislav (2020). Therapeutic Potential of Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Their Secretome in the Treatment of SARS-CoV-2-Induced Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome. Analytical cellular pathology, 2020, p. 1939768. Hindawi 10.1155/2020/1939768
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Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the etiological agent responsible for the development of a new coronavirus disease (COVID-19), is a highly transmittable virus which, in just ten months, infected more than 40 million people in 214 countries worldwide. After inhalation, aerosols containing SARS-CoV-2 penetrate to the depths of the lungs and cause severe pneumonia, alveolar injury, and life-threatening acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Since there are no specific drugs or vaccines available to cure or prevent COVID-19 infection and COVID-19-related ARDS, a new therapeutic agent which will support oxygen supply and, at the same time, efficiently alleviate SARS-CoV-2-induced lung inflammation is urgently needed. Due to their potent immuno- and angiomodulatory characteristics, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) may increase oxygen supply in the lungs and may efficiently alleviate ongoing lung inflammation, including SARS-CoV-2-induced ARDS. In this review article, we described molecular mechanisms that are responsible for MSC-based modulation of immune cells which play a pathogenic role in the development of SARS-CoV-2-induced ARDS and we provided a brief outline of already conducted and ongoing clinical studies that increase our understanding about the therapeutic potential of MSCs and their secretome in the therapy of COVID-19-related ARDS.
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Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Anatomy 04 Faculty of Medicine > Pre-clinic Human Medicine > Institute of Anatomy > Topographical and Clinical Anatomy |
UniBE Contributor: |
Djonov, Valentin Georgiev, Volarevic, Vladislav |
Subjects: |
600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health |
ISSN: |
2210-7185 |
Publisher: |
Hindawi |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
David Christian Haberthür |
Date Deposited: |
10 Dec 2020 16:17 |
Last Modified: |
05 Dec 2022 15:42 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1155/2020/1939768 |
PubMed ID: |
33274176 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.7892/boris.149198 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/149198 |
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