Second Edition of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Intrinsic/Extrinsic Factors Regulating Stemness, Growth, and Differentiation
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Stem Cells".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2024) | Viewed by 4267
Special Issue Editors
Interests: human mesenchymal stem cells; cell senescence; cell biology; cell differentiation
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Interests: perinatal stem cells; mesenchymal stromal cells; stem cells; membrane lipidomics; cell differentiation; immunomodulation; 3D cell culture systems
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This is the expanded second edition of Mesenchymal Stem Cells: Intrinsic/Extrinsic Factors Regulating Stemness, Growth, and Differentiation (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/cells/special_issues/Mesenchymal_Stem_Cells_Stemness_Growth_ Differentiation) that 1st edition has published 6 papers.
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are adult stem cells with the capability of self-renewal and multilineage differentiation into skeletal and/or mesodermal tissues, including bone, fat, cartilage, and muscle tissues. Bone marrow has been the primary site for obtaining MSCs, but recent studies have indicated that MSCs are also present at other tissue sites, including adipose, muscle, skin, liver, umbilical cord, tonsil, and blood tissue, and even in urine samples, all of which play a role in regenerating damaged tissues or regulating inflammation or other undiscovered functions. Since the discovery of MSC-like cells 50 years ago, many studies have been carried out to outline their characteristics and investigate their potential therapeutic implications in regenerative medicine and immunomodulation. However, only a few have successfully managed to reach clinical availability, implying that we probably do not yet have a full understanding of the biology of MSCs.
For this Special Issue, we invite authors/experts to submit high-quality original research articles that further expand our knowledge of and provide us with insights into MSCs. We are particularly interested in studies illustrating intrinsic/extrinsic cellular and molecular factors regulating stemness, growth, and differentiation of tissue-specific MSCs as well as their potential implications for tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Dr. Federica Facchin
Dr. Francesco Alviano
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tissue-specific mesenchymal stem cells
- factors
- stemness
- growth
- differentiation
- tissue engineering
- regenerative medicine
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