Pluripotent and Multipotent Stem Cells and Current Therapeutic Applications: Review
Open Access
- 1 April 2021
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Taylor & Francis Ltd in Stem Cells and Cloning: Advances and Applications
- Vol. ume 14, 3-7
- https://doi.org/10.2147/sccaa.s304887
Abstract
There is numerous evidence for the presence of stem cells, which is important for the treatment of a wide variety of disease conditions. Stem cells have a great therapeutic effect on different degenerative diseases through the development of specialized cells. Embryonic stem (ES) cells are derived from preimplantation embryos, which have a natural karyotype. This cell has the capacity of proliferation indefinitely and undifferentiated. Stem cells are very crucial for the treatment of different chronic and degenerative diseases. For instance, stem cell clinical trials have been done for ischemic heart disease. Also, the olfactory cells for spinal cord lesions and human fetal pancreatic cells for diabetes mellitus are the other clinical importance of stem cell therapy. Extracellular matrix (ECM) and other environmental factors influence the fate and activity of stem cells.Keywords
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