Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Migration to the Site of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Mesenchymal stem cells or multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (both referred to as MSC) have been shown in some studies to have a beneficial effect on myocardial recovery after infarct. Current strategies for MSC delivery to heart involve intravenous, intraarterial, and intramuscular delivery. Dif...

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Published in:International Journal of Cell Biology 2009-01, Vol.2009 (2009), p.136-143
Main Authors: Kollar, Katarina, Cook, Matthew M., Atkinson, Kerry, Brooke, Gary P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apoptosis
Bone marrow
Clinical medicine
Flow cytometry
Heart attacks
Review
Signal transduction
Stem cells
Studies
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Summary:Mesenchymal stem cells or multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells (both referred to as MSC) have been shown in some studies to have a beneficial effect on myocardial recovery after infarct. Current strategies for MSC delivery to heart involve intravenous, intraarterial, and intramuscular delivery. Different routes of MSC delivery and a lack of knowledge of the mechanisms that MSC utilise to migrate in vivo has most likely led to the marked variations in results that have been found. This review aims to summarise the current knowledge of MSC migratory mechanisms and looks to future methods of MSC manipulation prior to delivery in order to enhance MSC migration and engraftment.
ISSN:1687-8876
1687-8884
DOI:10.1155/2009/904682