Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2014, Vol. 18 ›› Issue (50): 8184-8188.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2014.50.026

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Stem cell therapy for obstructive nephropathy: current situation and problems

Lv Chun-yan, Li Juan   

  1. Department of Pathology, the Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610072, Sichuan Province, China
  • Received:2014-11-12 Online:2014-12-03 Published:2014-12-03
  • About author:Lv Chun-yan, Master, Associate chief physician, Department of Pathology, the Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu 610072, Sichuan Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the Project of Sichuan Province Health Department, No. 110520; the Project of Chengdu Health Bureau, No. 2014004

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Thought of treatment of obstructive renal fibrosis is mainly concentrated at relieving the kidney stone, renal pelvis and ureter stenosis as well as at epithelial mesenchymal transition, renal fibrosis related factors and improving the renal interstitial microcirculation. At present, the therapeutic effect is not ideal. However, regenerative medicine based on stem cells may bring a new hope for the treatment of obstructive renal fibrosis.
OBJECTIVE: To summarize the mechanism and progress in different sources of stem cells in the treatment of obstructive renal fibrosis.
METHODS: The database of PubMed, Ovid MEDLINE, CNKI full text database, VIP database, Wanfang database were retrieved to collect articles about stem cell therapy for obstructive renal fibrosis. The key words were “stem cells, obstructive nephropathy, renal fibrosis” in Chinese and English. Finally, there were 51 articles included in result analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Stem cell therapy for obstructive nephropathy is still in the experimental stage. A large number of studies have shown that stem cell transplantation has positive effects on the treatment of obstructive renal interstitial fibrosis. Stem cells can be located in the renal interstitium after transplantation to differentiate into renal tubular epithelial cells, thereby promoting the recovery of renal fibrosis. Stem cells are able to secrete, up- or down-regulate some cytokines to treat fibrosis. If the obstruction is relieved timely and early, stem cell transplantation may become a novel treatment for obstructive renal fibrosis.


中国组织工程研究杂志出版内容重点:干细胞;骨髓干细胞;造血干细胞;脂肪干细胞;肿瘤干细胞;胚胎干细胞;脐带脐血干细胞;干细胞诱导;干细胞分化;组织工程


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Key words: tem cells, urethral obstruction, ureteral obstruction, fibrosis

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