Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2013, Vol. 17 ›› Issue (23): 4347-4354.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2013.23.024

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Research and progress in stem cell anti-aging theory

Shan Sha-rui, Huang Guo-zhi   

  1. Department of Rehabilitation, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou  510282, Guangdong Province, China
  • Online:2013-06-04 Published:2013-06-04
  • Contact: Huang Guo-zhi, Doctoral supervisor, Chief physician, Department of Rehabilitation, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, Guangdong Province, China drhuang66@163.com
  • About author:Shan Sha-rui★, Studying for master’s degree, Department of Rehabilitation, Zhujiang Hospital of Southern Medical University, Guangzhou 510282, Guangdong Province, China shansharui@126.com

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Aging is an inevitable trend of biological development and a complex process during the whole life. The body can be affected by external environment including diverse materials, energy and information. Tissue and organ will inevitably suffer from avoid injuries and retrogressive function. With an improvement in medical technique and quality of life and an increase in aging population, human organs have pathological changes, such as high blood pressure and coronary atherosclerosis. Postponing aging can reduce the incidence of these diseases, improve the function of the whole body and thereby improve the quality of life. Anti-aging has been paid increasing attention.
OBJECTIVE: To review the relationship between stem cells and anti-aging based on the theory of aging.
METHODS: An online search of Wanfang and PubMed databases was performed for articles published before April 2012 (CNKI) or between January 1865 and April 2012 (Medline) using the keywords “stem cells, progenitor cells, totipotent stem cell, multipotent stem cell, anti-aging” in Chinese and English, respectively. Related monographs were also manually searched. A total of 152 articles were retrieved, and 53 were suitable for final analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Stem cells have self-renewal potential, anti-free radical ability and secrete some cytokines, for example superoxide dismutase and insulin-like growth factor, to better the functions of the body. It has been confirmed in animal experiments that bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, embryonic stem cells, umbilical cord blood stem cells and germline stem cells have the anti-aging potential. Adipose-derived stem cells have been used for anti-aging in the clinic.

Key words: stem cells, stem cell academic discussion, anti-aging, superoxide dismutase, insulin-like growth factor 1, bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, embryonic stem cells, umbilical cord blood stem cells, endothelial progenitor cells

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