Mesenchymal Stem Cell Rheumatoid Arthritis

This is a prospective multicenter double blind placebo controlled interventional study to evaluate the safety and efficacy of allogeneic mesenchymal stem cells mscs in 20 patients with new onset rheumatoid arthritis ra.

Mesenchymal stem cell rheumatoid arthritis.

This study explored the effect of bone marrow derived msc in previously untested and pathogenetically different models of rheumatoid arthritis ra. Ra is a systemic autoimmune disorder characterised by aberrant leukocyte infiltration persistent inflammation of synovium and proteases within the joint which ultimately leads to cartilage and bone destruction. Bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells bm mscs can dampen inflammation in animal models of inflammatory rheumatisms and human osteoarthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis ra is the commonest autoimmune joint disease that has witnessed significant t the vast majority of literature pertaining to mesenchymal stem cells msc immunomodulation has focussed on bone marrow derived msc that are systemically infused to alleviate inflammatory conditions.

Wang l wang l cong x liu g zhou j bai b et al. James university hospital wtbb ls9 7tf university of leeds uk and 2 clinical pathology department faculty of medicine. Mcgonagle 1 from the 1 leeds institute of rheumatic and musculoskeletal medicine st. Mesenchymal stem cells autoimmunity and rheumatoid arthritis j j.

Inflammation is preceded by tumor necrosis factor dependent infiltration of mesenchymal cells in experimental arthritis. They are expected to be a solution for numerous human conditions. Mesenchymal stem cell for treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. El sherbiny 1 2 e a.

However in rheumatoid arthritis ra and spondyloarthritis spa subsets of subchondral bm mscs might conversely fuel synovitis and enthesitis. Mesenchymal cells expressing bone morphogenetic protein receptors are present in the rheumatoid arthritis joint arthritis rheum 2000 43. Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell therapy for patients with active rheumatoid arthritis. 12 marinova mutafchieva l willimas ro funa k maini rn zwaifler nj.

The role of mesenchymal stem cells msc in experimental arthritis is undoubtedly conflicting. El jawhari 1 2 y m. The purpose of this review is to highlight recent developments and current knowledge gaps in our understanding of the protective effects of mscs against inflammatory arthritis and to discuss their clinical exploitation.