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ArticleJournal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle2018

Rescue from lethal acute radiation syndrome (ARS) with severe weight loss by secretome of intramuscularly injected human placental stromal cells.

Lena Pinzur, Levent Akyuez, Lilia Levdansky, Michal Blumenfeld, Evgenia Volinsky, Zami Aberman, Petra Reinke, Racheli Ofir, Hans-Dieter Volk, Raphael Gorodetsky

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Article in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
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3 · Its place in the literature

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23 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Lena PinzurPluristem LTD, Haifa, Israel.
Levent AkyuezBerlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT) and Institute of Medical Immunology and Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Lilia LevdanskyLaboratory of Biotechnology and Radiobiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Michal BlumenfeldPluristem LTD, Haifa, Israel.
Evgenia VolinskyLaboratory of Biotechnology and Radiobiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.
Zami AbermanPluristem LTD, Haifa, Israel.
Petra ReinkeBerlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT) and Institute of Medical Immunology and Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Racheli OfirPluristem LTD, Haifa, Israel.
Hans-Dieter VolkBerlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies (BCRT) and Institute of Medical Immunology and Department of Nephrology and Intensive Care, Charité-University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany.
Raphael GorodetskyLaboratory of Biotechnology and Radiobiology, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel.ORCID 0000-0002-2011-7025
Pluristem Therapeutics (Israel) · ILBerlin-Brandenburger Centrum für Regenerative Therapien · DEHadassah Medical Center · IL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMost current cell-based regenerative therapies are based on the indirect induction of the affected tissues repair. Xenogeneic cell-based treatment with expanded human placenta stromal cells, predominantly from fetal origin (PLX-RAD cells), were shown to mitigate significantly acute radiation syndrome (ARS) following high dose irradiation in mice, with expedited regain of weight loss and haematopoietic function. The current mechanistic study explores the indirect effect of the secretome of PLX-RAD cells in the rescue of the irradiated mice.

methodsThe mitigation of the ARS was investigated following two intramuscularly (IM) injected 2 × 10

resultsA 7.7 Gy whole body mice irradiation resulted in ~25% survival by 21 days. Treatment with two IM injections of 2 × 10

conclusionsA well-regulated and orchestrated secretion of major pro-regenerative BM supporting secretome in high dose irradiated mice, treated with xenogeneic IM injected PLX-RAD cells, can explain the observed mitigation of ARS. This seemed to coincide with faster haematopoiesis regeneration, regain of severe weight loss and the increased survival rate. The ARS-related stress signals activating the IM injected PLX-RAD cells for the remote secretion of the relevant human proteins deserve further investigation.

Indexed as

Weight LossAcute Radiation SyndromeAnimalsCell TransplantationCytokinesDisease Models, AnimalFemaleHematopoiesisHumansInjections, IntramuscularMaleMicePlacentaPregnancyStromal CellsWhole-Body IrradiationCytokinesAcute radiation syndromeCytokinesIntramuscular injectionPlacental stromal cellsSecretomeX-ray irradiation

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