Human Menstrual Blood-derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Patients With Liver Cirrhosis

Summary

Orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT) is currently the most effective method for end-stage liver diseases. However, the critical shortage of donor organs, high cost, and the problem of immune rejection limit its clinical application, and even some patients on the waiting list will never survive to receive a matched liver. Stem cell transplantation instead of conventional medical therapy or orthotopic liver transplantation will be a promising alternate approach to regenerate damaged hepatic mass. Adult mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are generally thought of as an autologous source of regenerative cells in previous studies.In this study, the safety and efficacy of menstrual blood-derived stem cells transplantation for patients with liver cirrhosis will be evaluated.

Timeline

Start

2010-10

Primary completion

2013-10

Completion

2015-10

Publications

• Background Houlihan DD, Hopkins LJ, Suresh SX, Armstrong MJ, Newsome PN. Autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in liver failure patients caused by hepatitis B: short-term and long-term outcomes. Hepatology. 2011 Nov;54(5):1891-2; author reply 1892. doi: 10.1002/hep.24722. No abstract available.
• Background Peng L, Xie DY, Lin BL, Liu J, Zhu HP, Xie C, Zheng YB, Gao ZL. Autologous bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell transplantation in liver failure patients caused by hepatitis B: short-term and long-term outcomes. Hepatology. 2011 Sep 2;54(3):820-8. doi: 10.1002/hep.24434. Epub 2011 Jul 14.
• Background Forbes SJ, Newsome PN. New horizons for stem cell therapy in liver disease. J Hepatol. 2012 Feb;56(2):496-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2011.06.022. Epub 2011 Jul 26.
• Background Nikeghbalian S, Pournasr B, Aghdami N, Rasekhi A, Geramizadeh B, Hosseini Asl SM, Ramzi M, Kakaei F, Namiri M, Malekzadeh R, Vosough Dizaj A, Malek-Hosseini SA, Baharvand H. Autologous transplantation of bone marrow-derived mononuclear and CD133(+) cells in patients with decompensated cirrhosis. Arch Iran Med. 2011 Jan;14(1):12-7.
• Background Zhang D, Jiang M, Miao D. Transplanted human amniotic membrane-derived mesenchymal stem cells ameliorate carbon tetrachloride-induced liver cirrhosis in mouse. PLoS One. 2011 Feb 4;6(2):e16789. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0016789.

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