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ArticleStem cells international2018

Chemical Activation of the Hypoxia-Inducible Factor Reversibly Reduces Tendon Stem Cell Proliferation, Inhibits Their Differentiation, and Maintains Cell Undifferentiation.

Alessandra Menon, Pasquale Creo, Marco Piccoli, Sonia Bergante, Erika Conforti, Giuseppe Banfi, Pietro Randelli, Luigi Anastasia

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Article in Stem cells international, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 13 citations in OpenAlex.

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8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alessandra MenonIRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2786-8099
Pasquale CreoIRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
Marco PiccoliIRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9461-2715
Sonia BerganteIRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
Erika ConfortiIRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.
Giuseppe BanfiIRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy.
Pietro RandelliIRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9331-820X
Luigi AnastasiaIRCCS Policlinico San Donato, San Donato Milanese, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0712-2161
IRCCS Policlinico San Donato · ITUniversity of Milan · ITVita-Salute San Raffaele University · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adult stem cell-based therapeutic approaches for tissue regeneration have been proposed for several years. However, adult stem cells are usually limited in number and difficult to be expanded in vitro, and they usually tend to quickly lose their potency with passages, as they differentiate and become senescent. Culturing stem cells under reduced oxygen tensions (below 21%) has been proposed as a tool to increase cell proliferation, but many studies reported opposite effects. In particular, cell response to hypoxia seems to be very stem cell type specific. Nonetheless, it is clear that a major role in this process is played by the hypoxia inducible factor (HIF), the master regulator of cell response to oxygen deprivation, which affects cell metabolism and differentiation. Herein, we report that a chemical activation of HIF in human tendon stem cells reduces their proliferation and inhibits their differentiation in a reversible and dose-dependent manner. These results support the notion that hypoxia, by activating HIF, plays a crucial role in preserving stem cells in an undifferentiated state in the "hypoxic niches" present in the tissue in which they reside before migrating in more oxygenated areas to heal a damaged tissue.

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