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Secretome: Pharmaceuticals for Cell-Free Regenerative Therapy

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Stem cells are currently considered to be the best tool for regenerative medicine because of their self-renewal capability and plasticity. It was assumed that the outcomes of cell-based regenerative therapies are achieved due to the engraftment and differentiation of stem cells into targeted cells within the tissues. In recent years, several studies have reported positive outcomes of cell-based therapies despite of insufficient engraftment of transplanted cells. These findings have created a huge interest in the regenerative potential of paracrine factors released from the transplanted stem or progenitor cells. Interestingly, this notion has also led scientists to question the role of proteins in the secretome produced by cells, tissues or organisms under a certain condition or at a particular time for regenerative therapy. Although secretomes can potentially play a vital role in the regeneration process through paracrine signaling, secretome from a particular cell type cannot be the panacea for all diseases. In this review, we attempt to discuss the regenerative potential of secretomes secreted by different cell types for the treatment of different diseases from the molecular point of view. In addition, we also describe the role of pretreatment of cells to produce secretomes enriched with selective paracrine factors that could be designed specifically for a targeted regenerative therapy.

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Abbreviations

AD-MSC:

Adipose tissue-derived MSCs

AFSCs:

Amniotic fluid stem cells

ALT:

Alanine aminotransferase

AMI:

Acute myocardial infarction

AM-MSCs:

Amniotic membrane-derived MSCs

ANGPTs:

Angiopoietins

AP-MSCs:

Apical papilla-derived MSCs

Apo-PBMC:

Apoptotic PBMC

AST:

Aspartate aminotransferase

BDNF:

Brain-derived neurotrophic factor

BMC:

Bone marrow cells

BM-MSCs:

MSCs from bone-marrow

BMP4:

Bone morphogenetic protein 4

CNS:

Central nervous system

CREB:

cAMP response element-binding protein

DPSCs:

Dental pulp-derived MSCs

EGF:

Epidermal growth factor

eNOS:

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase

Erk1/2:

Extracellular-signal regulated kinase

ESC-MSCs:

ESC-derived MSCs

ESCs:

Embryonic stem cells

FB:

Human fibroblasts

FGF:

Fibroblast growth factor

G-CSF:

Granulocyte colony stimulating factor

GDN:

Glia-derived nexin

GDNF:

Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor

GM-CSF:

Granulocyte-macrophage colony stimulating factor

HDF:

Human dermal fibroblast

HGF:

Hepatocyte growth factor

HIF-1a:

Hypoxia-inducible factor 1-alpha

HSP27:

Heat shock protein 27

HUCPVC-MSCs:

Human umbilical cord perivascular cell-derived MSCs

HUVECs:

Human umbilical vein epithelial cells

IFN-γ:

Interferon-gamma

IGF-1:

Insulin-like growth factor 1

IGFBP2:

Insulin-like growth factor binding protein 2

IL:

Interleukin

iNOS:

Inducible nitric oxide synthase

KC:

Keratinocytes

KGF:

Keratinocyte growth factor

LIF:

Leukemia inhibitory factor

LPS:

Lipopolysaccharides

MCP-1:

Monocyte chemoattractant protein 1

M-CSF:

Macrophage colony stimulating factor

MSCs:

Mesenchymal stem cells

OM-MSCs:

Olfactory mucosal MSCs

PBL:

Peripheral blood leukocytes

PBMC:

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells

PCNA:

Proliferating cell nuclear antigen

PDGF-BB:

Platelet-derived growth factor beta

PEDF:

Pigment epithelium-derived factor

SCF:

Stem cell factor

SDF-1:

Stromal cell-derived factor-1

SM-MSCs:

Skeletal muscle MSCs

sTNFR-1:

Soluble TNF receptor 1

TGFβ:

Transforming growth factor β

TNF-α:

Tumor necrosis factor alpha

UT-MSCs:

Uterine tubes MSCs

VEGF-A:

Vascular endothelial growth factor A

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This work was supported by High Impact Research MOHE Grant UM.C/625/1/HIR/MOHE/DENT/01 from the Ministry of Higher Education Malaysia and University of Malaya Research Grant UMRG RP019/13HTM.

Conflicts of Interest: The authors confirm that there are no conflicts of interest related to this study.

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Haque, N., Abdullah, B.J.J., Kasim, N.H.A. (2018). Secretome: Pharmaceuticals for Cell-Free Regenerative Therapy. In: Pham, P. (eds) Stem Cell Drugs - A New Generation of Biopharmaceuticals. Stem Cells in Clinical Applications. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99328-7_2

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