Therapeutic Uses of Adult Stem Cells

Dear Colleagues,

At the start of the present century, adult stem cells were considered to represent one of the most promising avenues for future medical therapies. Multiple studies reported that adult stem cells possessed phenotypic capacities that extend beyond differentiated cell phenotypes of the source tissue. Many of these initial claims did not materialize, as interest in the broad use of adult stem cells for healing diseased and damaged tissues was diminished once induced pluripotent stem cells were developed. However, adult organisms contain many abundant sources of stem cells, including many from accessible tissues (such as the blood, fat, skin, and bone marrow). This Special Issue is designed to highlight recent findings in adult stem cell research, including molecular and epigenetic mechanisms that regulate the differential potential of adult stem cells, the mesenchymal stem cell modulation of immune responses, drug delivery via adult stem cells, and the use of mesenchymal stem cells and their products to provoke the healing of damaged tissue.

Prof. Dr. Leonard M. Eisenberg
Dr. Carol A. Eisenberg 
Guest Editors

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• adult stem cells
• mesenchymal stem cells
• immune response
• drug delivery