Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Patients With Liver Cirrhosis

Summary

Liver cirrhosis (LC) represents a late stage of progressive hepatic fibrosis characterized by distortion of the hepatic architecture and formation of regenerative nodules. The liver transplantation is one of the only effective therapies available to such patients. However, lack of donors, surgical complications, rejection, and high cost are it's serious problems. The potential for stem cells to differentiate into hepatocytes cells was recently confirmed. Particularly, autologous bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cell (BM-MSC) has been demonstrated to decrease MELD score and increase serum albumin in the patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis. Therefore, the investigators propose a hypothesis that umbilical cord-derived MSCs (UC-MSC) can also improve the disease conditions of LC patients, particularly reducing the decompensated conditions in these patients.

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Start

2009-05

Primary completion

2016-04

Completion

2016-04

Publications

• Background Schuppan D, Afdhal NH. Liver cirrhosis. Lancet. 2008 Mar 8;371(9615):838-51. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60383-9.
• Background Kisseleva T, Gigante E, Brenner DA. Recent advances in liver stem cell therapy. Curr Opin Gastroenterol. 2010 Jul;26(4):395-402. doi: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e32833a6bec.
• Background Kharaziha P, Hellstrom PM, Noorinayer B, Farzaneh F, Aghajani K, Jafari F, Telkabadi M, Atashi A, Honardoost M, Zali MR, Soleimani M. Improvement of liver function in liver cirrhosis patients after autologous mesenchymal stem cell injection: a phase I-II clinical trial. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2009 Oct;21(10):1199-205. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e32832a1f6c.
• Results Mohamadnejad M, Alimoghaddam K, Mohyeddin-Bonab M, Bagheri M, Bashtar M, Ghanaati H, Baharvand H, Ghavamzadeh A, Malekzadeh R. Phase 1 trial of autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in patients with decompensated liver cirrhosis. Arch Iran Med. 2007 Oct;10(4):459-66.

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