Adipose-Derived Stem Cells in Bone Tissue Engineering: Useful Tools with New Applications by Gabriele Storti, Maria Giovanna Scioli, Bong-Sung Kim, Augusto Orlandi, Valerio Cervelli

“…They are easy to harvest and isolate, and they are available in significative quantities, thus offering a feasible and valid alternative to other sources of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), like bone marrow. Together with an advantageous proliferative and differentiative profile, they also offer a high paracrine activity through the secretion of several bioactive molecules (such as growth factors and miRNAs) via a sustained exosomal release which can exert efficient conditioning on the surrounding microenvironment. …”
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Current Status of Canine Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Veterinary Medicine by Tania Sultana, Soojung Lee, Hun-Young Yoon, Jeong Ik Lee

“…Although the application of various types of stem cells, such as bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (BM-MSCs), adipose tissue-derived mesenchymal stem cells (AT-MSCs), and umbilical cord blood-derived mesenchymal stem cells (UCB-MSCs), has promising potential to improve the health of different species, it is crucial that the benefits and drawbacks are completely evaluated before use. …”
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Composite Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia/Small Lymphocytic Lymphoma and T-Prolymphocytic Leukemia Presenting with Lymphocytosis, Skin Lesions, and Generalized Lymphadenopathy by Ali Sakhdari, Guilin Tang, Lawrence E. Ginsberg, Cheryl F. Hirsch-Ginsberg, Carlos E. Bueso-Ramos, L. Jeffrey Medeiros, Roberto N. Miranda

“…Retrospective testing demonstrated that composite CLL and T-PLL were both present in skin and lymph nodes as well as in blood and bone marrow since initial presentation. This case is also unique because it highlights that a subset of T-PLL patients can present with clinically indolent disease. …”
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Association Between MRI Findings of Facet Arthropathy and Synovitis With Health-Related Outcome and Pain Scores Following Therapeutic Lumbar Facet Injections by Michael S. Green, Michele Van Hal, Matthew Onimus, Christopher R. Hoffman, Dhruv K. C. Goyal, Valeria Potigailo, Khuram S. Kazmi

“…Facet synovitis is an entity characterized by edema and inflammatory changes affecting the facet joints, adjacent bone marrow, and surrounding soft tissues. Although its underlying etiology remains poorly understood, recent reports suggest a high incidence in patients with arthropathy and arthritis. …”
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Vitamin E and N-Acetylcysteine as Antioxidant Adjuvant Therapy in Children with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Youssef Al-Tonbary, Mohammad Al-Haggar, Rasha EL-Ashry, Sahar EL-Dakroory, Hanan Azzam, Ashraf Fouda

“…They were evaluated clinically for the occurrence of complications and by the laboratory parameters (blood levels of glutathione peroxidase (Glu.PX) antioxidant enzyme, malondialdehyde (MDA), tumor necrosis factor-𝛼 (TNF-𝛼), liver enzymes, and bone marrow picture). Results revealed reduced chemotherapy and radiotherapy toxicity as evidenced by decreasing level of MDA, increasing level of Glu.Px and decreased occurrence of toxic hepatitis, haematological complications, and need for blood and platelet transfusions in group I compared to group II. …”
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Sphingosine-1-Phosphate/Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 2 Axis Can Promote Mouse and Human Primary Mast Cell Angiogenic Potential through Upregulation of Vascular Endothelial Grow... by Alena Chumanevich, Piper Wedman, Carole A. Oskeritzian

“…Using a preclinical MC-dependent model of acute allergic responses and in vitro stimulated primary mouse bone marrow-derived MC (BMMC) or human primary skin MC, we report that S1P signaling resulted in substantial amount of VEGF-A release. …”
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CD4+CD25highCD127low/-FoxP3+ Regulatory T-Cell Population in Acute Leukemias: A Review of the Literature by M. Niedźwiecki, O. Budziło, E. Adamkiewicz-Drożyńska, D. Pawlik-Gwozdecka, M. Zieliński, L. Maciejka-Kembłowska, T. Szczepański, P. Trzonkowski

“…The percentage of regulatory T-lymphocytes in peripheral blood and bone marrow was elevated compared to those in healthy individuals and correlated with progressive disease. …”
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Molecular cloning of EZH2 oncogene in chronic myeloid leukemia and therapeutic prospects by Juliana Costa Gaspar, Lucas Santos de Santana, Camila Menezes Freire de Souza, Marcos Montani Caseiro, Rosane Rezende de Souza Giuliani, Cleide Barbieri de Souza

“…Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) is a myeloproliferative neoplasia, caused in 95 % of the cases by a cytogenetic abnormality characterized by the reciprocal translocation between chromosomes 9 and 22 t(9; 22) (q34; q11), resulting in Philadelphia chromosome (Ph).Considering that CML cure is only possible with a successful bone marrow transplantation and that there are resistance cases to the tyrosine kinase inhibitor Imatinib Mesylate, prescribed in first line drug treatment; it is important to know in detail the genes and proteins that are possibly altered in CML, favoring effective therapeutic strategies, optimized diagnosis and minimal residual disease detection. …”
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In Vitro Differentiation of First Trimester Human Umbilical Cord Perivascular Cells into Contracting Cardiomyocyte-Like Cells by Peter Szaraz, Matthew Librach, Leila Maghen, Farwah Iqbal, Tanya A. Barretto, Shlomit Kenigsberg, Andrée Gauthier-Fisher, Clifford L. Librach

“…Based on the expression of cardiomyocyte markers (cTnT, MYH6, SIRPA, and CX43) FTM and term HUCPVCs achieved significantly increased cardiomyogenic differentiation compared to bone marrow MSCs, while their immunogenicity remained significantly lower as indicated by HLA-A and HLA-G expression and susceptibility to T cell mediated cytotoxicity. …”
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Pathological Role of Tonsillar B Cells in IgA Nephropathy by Yusuke Suzuki, Hitoshi Suzuki, Junichiro Nakata, Daisuke Sato, Tadahiro Kajiyama, Tomonari Watanabe, Yasuhiko Tomino

“…Although impaired immune regulation along the mucosa-bone marrow axis has been postulated to play an important role, the pathogenesis of IgA nephropathy (IgAN) is unknown; thus, no disease-specific therapy for this disease exists. …”
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TiO2 Nanocoatings with Controllable Crystal Type and Nanoscale Topography on Zirconia Implants to Accelerate Bone Formation by Nan Li, Zhichao Liu, Guanqi Liu, Zhi Wang, Xianwei Guo, Chuanbin Guo, Jianmin Han

“…In addition, in vitro cytocompatibility and osteogenic potential performance of the coatings were evaluated by human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (hBMSCs), and in vivo osseointegration performance was assessed in a rat femoral condyle model. …”
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Haemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis with Leptospirosis: A Rare but Devastating Complication by B. M. Munasinghe, A. G. Arambepola, N. Pathirage, U. P. M. Fernando, N. Subramaniam, S. Nimalan, T. Gajanthan

“…Subsequently, he developed severe acute hypoxemia requiring mechanical ventilation and acute renal failure requiring renal replacement therapy. Bone marrow biopsy and markedly elevated serum ferritin and triglyceride levels done on day 10 (with unresolving fever, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopaenia) confirmed the diagnosis of HLH. …”
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Differential bone and vessel type formation at superior and dura periosteum during cranial bone defect repair by Yuankun Zhai, Zhuang Zhou, Xiaojie Xing, Mark Nuzzle, Xinping Zhang

“…Intermittent rhPTH treatment further enhances the arterial vessel ratio at dura periosteum and type H vessel formation in cortical bone marrow space. Taken together, our study demonstrates a site-dependent coordinated osteogenic and angiogenic response, which is determined by regional osteogenic progenitor pool as well as the coupling blood vessel network at the site of cranial defect repair.…”
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Calreticulin as an Adjuvant In Vivo to Promote Dendritic Cell Maturation and Enhance Antigen-Specific T Lymphocyte Responses against Melanoma by Zheng Gong, Ming Chen, Jie Miao, Chao-Jie Han, Qiao Zhong, Fang-Yuan Gong, Xiao-Ming Gao

“…We investigated whether CRT/39-272 could induce bone marrow-derived DC maturation and strongly promote the proliferation of OVA-specific T cells in vitro. …”
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Isolated central nervous system relapse in blast crisis of chronic myeloid leukemia: a case report by Hari Priya Raghvan, Caroline Ho Siew Ling, Wee Shiang Yui, Boo Yang Liang, Ehram Jamian, Indhira Subbiah

“…Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) typically progresses from a chronic phase to an accelerated phase, and eventually to a blast crisis, often involving the bone marrow and peripheral blood, if left untreated. …”
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Evidence of Negative Effects of Defect Size and Older Patient Age by Quantitative CT-Based 3D Image Analysis in Ultraporous Beta-Tricalcium Phosphate Grafted Extremity Bone Defects... by Timothy A. Damron, Kenneth A. Mann

“…Prior clinical studies based on plain X-ray analysis suggest incorporation of TCP is incomplete, even when combined with bone marrow (BMA). Purpose. The purpose was to analyze volumetric CT-based changes in defects grafted with TCP with/without BMA in a completed prospective RCT to objectively determine (1) relationship between size and age versus TCP incorporation and (2) whether there is an advantage to addition of BMA. …”
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Kupffer Cells Promote the Differentiation of Adult Liver Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cells into Lymphocytes via ICAM-1 and LFA-1 Interaction by Deping Meng, Yuhong Qin, Nan Lu, Keke Fang, Yuan Hu, Zhigang Tian, Cai Zhang

“…In the present study, HSPC transplantation experiments were used to confirm that adult murine liver HSPCs differentiate into both myeloid cells and lymphocytes (preferentially T cells) compared with bone marrow HSPCs. Using a coculture system comprised of kupffer cells and HSPCs, we found that kupffer cells promote adult liver HSPCs to primarily generate T cells and B cells. …”
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Novel Role of Endogenous Catalase in Macrophage Polarization in Adipose Tissue by Ye Seul Park, Md Jamal Uddin, Lingjuan Piao, Inah Hwang, Jung Hwa Lee, Hunjoo Ha

“…Finally, the same phenotypic switch and inflammatory responses were observed in primary bone marrow-derived macrophages from CKO mice. Taken together, the data indicate that endogenous catalase regulates the polarization of adipose tissue macrophages and thereby inhibits inflammation and insulin resistance.…”
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Donor Selection for Allogenic Hemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation: Clinical and Ethical Considerations by Irene Riezzo, Natascha Pascale, Raffaele La Russa, Arcangelo Liso, Monica Salerno, Emanuela Turillazzi

“…Stem cells may be obtained from different sources: mobilized peripheral blood stem cells, bone marrow, and umbilical cord blood. The progress in transplantation procedures, the establishment of experienced transplant centres, and the creation of unrelated adult donor registries and cord blood banks gave those without an human leucocyte antigen- (HLA-) identical sibling donor the opportunity to find a donor and cord blood units worldwide. …”
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Local delivery of TGF-β1-mRNA decreases fibrosis in osteochondral defects by Gianluca Fontana, Brett Nemke, Yan Lu, Connie Chamberlain, Jae-Sung Lee, Joshua A. Choe, Hongli Jiao, Michael Nelson, Margot Amitrano, Wan-Ju Li, Mark Markel, William L. Murphy

“…We designed an mRNA delivery strategy to enhance the natural healing potential of autologous bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) for articular cartilage repair. …”
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