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ArticleStem cell research & therapy2015

Microencapsulated equine mesenchymal stromal cells promote cutaneous wound healing in vitro.

Leen Bussche, Rebecca M Harman, Bethany A Syracuse, Eric L Plante, Yen-Chun Lu, Theresa M Curtis, Minglin Ma, Gerlinde R Van de Walle

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Article in Stem cell research & therapy, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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36 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Leen BusscheBaker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 235 Hungerford Hill Road, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA. lb548@cornell.edu.
Rebecca M HarmanBaker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 235 Hungerford Hill Road, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA. rmh12@cornell.edu.
Bethany A SyracuseBaker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 235 Hungerford Hill Road, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA. bas346@cornell.edu.
Eric L PlanteDepartment of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Cortland, 21 Graham Avenue, Cortland, NY, 13045, USA. eric.plante@cortland.edu.
Yen-Chun LuDepartment of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Wing Road, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA. yl2347@cornell.edu.
Theresa M CurtisDepartment of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Cortland, 21 Graham Avenue, Cortland, NY, 13045, USA. theresa.curtis@cortland.edu.
Minglin MaDepartment of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Wing Road, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA. mm826@cornell.edu.
Gerlinde R Van de WalleBaker Institute for Animal Health, College of Veterinary Medicine, Cornell University, 235 Hungerford Hill Road, Ithaca, NY, 14850, USA. grv23@cornell.edu.
Cornell University · USSUNY Cortland · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe prevalence of impaired cutaneous wound healing is high and treatment is difficult and often ineffective, leading to negative social and economic impacts for our society. Innovative treatments to improve cutaneous wound healing by promoting complete tissue regeneration are therefore urgently needed. Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) have been reported to provide paracrine signals that promote wound healing, but (i) how they exert their effects on target cells is unclear and (ii) a suitable delivery system to supply these MSC-derived secreted factors in a controlled and safe way is unavailable. The present study was designed to provide answers to these questions by using the horse as a translational model. Specifically, we aimed to (i) evaluate the in vitro effects of equine MSC-derived conditioned medium (CM), containing all factors secreted by MSCs, on equine dermal fibroblasts, a cell type critical for successful wound healing, and (ii) explore the potential of microencapsulated equine MSCs to deliver CM to wounded cells in vitro.

methodsMSCs were isolated from the peripheral blood of healthy horses. Equine dermal fibroblasts from the NBL-6 (horse dermal fibroblast cell) line were wounded in vitro, and cell migration and expression levels of genes involved in wound healing were evaluated after treatment with MSC-CM or NBL-6-CM. These assays were repeated by using the CM collected from MSCs encapsulated in core-shell hydrogel microcapsules.

resultsOur salient findings were that equine MSC-derived CM stimulated the migration of equine dermal fibroblasts and increased their expression level of genes that positively contribute to wound healing. In addition, we found that equine MSCs packaged in core-shell hydrogel microcapsules had similar effects on equine dermal fibroblast migration and gene expression, indicating that microencapsulation of MSCs does not interfere with the release of bioactive factors.

conclusionsOur results demonstrate that the use of CM from MSCs might be a promising new therapy for impaired cutaneous wounds and that encapsulation may be a suitable way to effectively deliver CM to wounded cells in vivo.

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Mesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationAnimalsCell- and Tissue-Based TherapyCell LineCell MovementCell ProliferationChemokine CXCL10CobaltCulture Media, ConditionedFemaleFibroblastsGene ExpressionGuided Tissue RegenerationHorsesInterferon-gammaInterleukin-8Chemokine CXCL10Cobaltcobaltous chlorideCulture Media, ConditionedInterferon-gammaInterleukin-8Matrix Metalloproteinase 1Matrix Metalloproteinase 13MitomycinTumor Necrosis Factor-alpha

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PMID25889766
PMCPMC4413990
OpenAlexW2167056542

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