Allogeneic Mesenchymal Stem Cells Transplantation for Primary Sjögren's Syndrome (pSS)

Summary

This study will explore safety and efficacy of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells transplantation (MSCT) to treat patients with diagnosis of primary Sjögren's Syndrome (pSS) who have been resistant to multiple standard treatments. The underlying hypothesis is that the pSS condition is caused by an abnormal immune homeostasis that can be restored by MSCT.

Timeline

Start

2009-06

Primary completion

2010-12

Completion

2011-12

Publications

• Background Sun L, Akiyama K, Zhang H, Yamaza T, Hou Y, Zhao S, Xu T, Le A, Shi S. Mesenchymal stem cell transplantation reverses multiorgan dysfunction in systemic lupus erythematosus mice and humans. Stem Cells. 2009 Jun;27(6):1421-32. doi: 10.1002/stem.68.
• Background Liang J, Zhang H, Hua B, Wang H, Wang J, Han Z, Sun L. Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells transplantation in treatment of multiple sclerosis. Mult Scler. 2009 May;15(5):644-6. doi: 10.1177/1352458509104590.
• Background Zhou K, Zhang H, Jin O, Feng X, Yao G, Hou Y, Sun L. Transplantation of human bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell ameliorates the autoimmune pathogenesis in MRL/lpr mice. Cell Mol Immunol. 2008 Dec;5(6):417-24. doi: 10.1038/cmi.2008.52.
• Background Sun LY, Zhang HY, Feng XB, Hou YY, Lu LW, Fan LM. Abnormality of bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Lupus. 2007;16(2):121-8. doi: 10.1177/0961203306075793.
• Xu J, Wang D, Liu D, Fan Z, Zhang H, Liu O, Ding G, Gao R, Zhang C, Ding Y, Bromberg JS, Chen W, Sun L, Wang S. Allogeneic mesenchymal stem cell treatment alleviates experimental and clinical Sjogren syndrome. Blood. 2012 Oct 11;120(15):3142-51. doi: 10.1182/blood-2011-11-391144. Epub 2012 Aug 27.

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