Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Scaling-up Ex Vivo Expansion of Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells for Cellular Therapies

   • F. Dos Santos, P. Z. Andrade, C. L. da Silva, J. M. S. Cabral

   Pages 1-14

3. Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Mechanisms of Immunomodulation and Homing

   • J. Barminko, A. Gray, T. Maguire, R. Schloss, M. L. Yarmush

   Pages 15-38

4. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exosomes: The Future MSC-Based Therapy?

   • Ruenn Chai Lai, Ronne Wee Yeh Yeo, Soon Sim Tan, Bin Zhang, Yijun Yin, Newman Siu Kwan Sze et al.

   Pages 39-61

5. The Biology of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Health and Disease and Its Relevance to MSC-Based Cell Delivery Therapies

   • Catherine M. Browne, Tung-Liang Chung, Kerry Atkinson

   Pages 63-86

6. Pulmonary Clinical Applications for Mesenchymal Stem Cells

   • D. Chambers, P. Hopkins

   Pages 87-99

7. Stem Cell Therapy for Bone Disorders

   • Elizabeth Rosado Balmayor, Martijn van Griensven

   Pages 101-116

8. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapies for Bone and Tendon Conditions

   • Mark Young, Michael R. Doran

   Pages 117-144

9. Mesenchymal Stromal Cells and the Repair of Cartilage Tissue

   • Michael R. Doran, Mark Young

   Pages 145-160

10. Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Haematopoietic Stem Cell Culture

    • Matthew M. Cook

    Pages 161-172

11. Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Treatment and Prevention of Graft-Versus-Host Disease and Graft Failure After Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation and Future Challenges

    • Olle Ringdén

    Pages 173-205

12. Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Therapy in Crohn’s Disease

    • Ilse Molendijk, Daan W. Hommes, Marjolijn Duijvestein

    Pages 207-215

13. Application of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

    • Josep Gamez

    Pages 217-239

14. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Disease

    • Massimiliano Gnecchi, Elisabetta Cervio

    Pages 241-270

15. Advances in Lentiviral Vector-based Cell Therapy with Mesenchymal Stem Cells

    • Lajos Baranyi, Boro Dropulic

    Pages 271-320

16. Genetically Engineered Mesenchymal Stem Cells for Cell and Gene Therapy

    • Yunjoon Jung, Jan A. Nolta

    Pages 321-354

17. Optimal Tissue Sources of Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Clinical Applications

    • Celena Heazlewood, Kerry Atkinson

    Pages 355-372

18. Regulatory Considerations Applicable to Manufacturing of Human Placenta-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells (MSC) Used in Clinical Trials in Australia and Comparison to USA and European Regulatory Frameworks

    • Nina Ilic, Dalia Khalil, Sonia Hancock, Kerry Atkinson

    Pages 373-404

19. Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy for Peripheral Vascular Diseases

    • Anjan K. Das, Pawan K. Gupta, C. H. Anoop, Sudha Balasubramanian, Anish S. Majumdar

    Pages 405-421

20. Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in the Clinic: What Do the Clinical Trials Say?

    • Vivek Tanavde, Mohan C. Vemuri

    Pages 423-433

Over the past decade, significant efforts have been made to develop stem cell-based therapies for difficult to treat diseases. Multipotent mesenchymal stromal cells, also referred to as mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), appear to hold great promise in regards to a regenerative cell-based therapy for the treatment of these diseases. Currently, more than 200 clinical trials are underway worldwide exploring the use of MSCs for the treatment of a wide range of disorders including bone, cartilage and tendon damage, myocardial infarction, graft-versus-host disease, Crohn’s disease, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, critical limb ischemia and many others.

 

MSCs were first identified by Friendenstein and colleagues as an adherent stromal cell population within the bone marrow with the ability to form clonogenic colonies in vitro.  In regards to the basic biology associated with MSCs, there has been tremendous progress towards understanding this cell population’s phenotype and function from a range of tissue sources.  Despite enormous progress and an overall increased understanding of MSCs at the molecular and cellular level, several critical questions remain to be answered in regards to the use of these cells in therapeutic applications.  Clinically, both autologous and allogenic approaches for the transplantation of MSCs are being explored.  Several of the processing steps needed for the clinical application of MSCs, including isolation from various tissues, scalable in vitro expansion, cell banking, dose preparation, quality control parameters, delivery methods and numerous others are being extensively studied.   Despite a significant number of ongoing clinical trials, none of the current therapeutic approaches have, at this point, become a standard of care treatment.  Although exceptionally promising, the clinical translation of MSC-based therapies is still a work in progress.

 

The extensive number of ongoing clinicaltrials is expected to provide a clearer path forward for the realization and implementation of MSCs in regenerative medicine. Towards this end, reviews of current clinical trial results and discussions of relevant topics association with the clinical application of MSCs are compiled in this book from some of the leading researchers in this exciting and rapidly advancing field.  Although not absolutely all-inclusive, we hope the chapters within this book can promote and enable a better understanding of the translation of MSCs from bench-to-bedside and inspire researchers to further explore this promising and quickly evolving field.

• Chase
• MSC
• Mesenchymal
• Mesenchymal Stem Cell
• Stem Cell
• Vemuri

• Cellular Dynamics International, Inc., Madison, USA

  Lucas G. Chase

• , Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine, Life Technologies, Frederick, USA

  Mohan C. Vemuri

Dr. Lucas Chase has extensive research experience in both adult and pluripotent stem cell biology.  Upon obtaining a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 2006, Dr. Chase joined the Stem Cells unit at Invitrogen Corporation (now Life Technologies), working on the development of cGMP culture media, advanced cellular models and drug discovery assays.  Recently, Dr. Chase joined Cellular Dynamics International, the world's largest producer of fully functional human cells derived from induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, to support efforts to develop novel cell-based models for drug discovery and basic life science applications.  In addition to the current text, Dr. Chase also co-edited the book Mesenchymal Stem Cell Assays and Applications through Springer.

 

Dr. Mohan Vemuri is currently the Director, Research and Development of Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine at Life Technologies.  Since joining Life Technologies in 2006, Dr. Vemuri has lead a team focused on stem cell product development for human pluripotent and adult stem cell expansion and differentiation in cGMP-regulated conditions for applied research and cell therapy.  Before joining Life Technologies, Dr. Vemuri served as faculty and staff at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (University of Pennsylvania) and worked on engineering stem cells for enhanced self renewal, competitive engraftment and immune reconstitution utilizing novel gene transfer technologies. Mohan was also responsible for designing Parkinson’s disease-related stem cell based assays and drug discovery efforts using GLP cell culture systems at Thomas Jefferson University. 

Dr. Vemuri has authored over 50 publications in peer reviewed journals and edited three books including Stem Cell Assays, Regulatory Networks in Stem Cells and Mesenchymal Stem Cell Assays and Applications by Springer.

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