Stem cell therapy for myocardial infarction
- VernacularTitle:心肌梗死的干细胞治疗
- Author:
Xiaoyong ZHANG
;
Jian LI
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- From:
Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research
2007;11(11):2197-2200
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
OBJECTIVE:To approach the information of stem cell transplantation in treating myocardial infarction.DATA SOURCES: An online search of Medline database was undertaken to identify articles about stem cell transplantation in treating myocardial infarction published in English from January 1980 to December 2005 using the keywords of "stem cells, myocerdial infarction, cell transplantation".STUDY SELECTION: The literatures were checked primarily, and articles about the stem cell transplantation in treating myocardial infarction were selected, and the repetitive studies and reviews were excluded.DATA EXTRACTION: Totally 106 relevant articles were collected, finally 30 of them were involved and the other 76 were excluded.DATA SYNTHESIS: Myocardial infarction occurs when the arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle (the coronary arteries) become hardened and narrowed. The transplantation of exogenous cells into damaged myocardium, a procedure known as cellular cardiomyoplasty (CCM), can be used to ameliorate the remodeling process by the regeneration of cardiomyocytes and replenishment of the vascular supply. Advances in stem cell therapy now provide wide cell sources for the treatment of cardiovascular disease by CCM such as skeletal myoblasts (satellite cells),embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs). Although there are many problems to be resolved, recent in vitro and in vivo animal studies as well as clinical trials have suggested the promising potential of the transplantation of stem cells for the treatment of myocardial infarction.CONCLUSION:Stem cell transplantation acts as a more potential treatment measure for myocardial infarction. There are still some fundamental issues to be addressed for the clinical application in future.