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Table 1 Cell therapy and tissue engineering studies from the ICREC laboratory on UCBMSCs, cATMSCs, and the AGTP

From: Mesenchymal stem cells for cardiac repair: are the actors ready for the clinical scenario?

Study

MSC

Model

Delivery method

Results

Biosecurity

Prat-Vidal et al. (2007) [33]

UCBMSC

In vitro

–

Isolation and characterization

–

Roura et al. (2010) [34]

UCBMSC

In vitro

–

No cardiomyogenic differentiation

–

Roura et al. (2012) [28, 36]

UCBMSC

Acute MI mice

Fibrin patch

Reduced infarct size, larger vessels in myocardial area, and improved cardiac function

No mortality

Bayes-Genis et al. (2010) [22]

cATMSC

Acute MI mice and rat

Intramyocardial

Cardiomyogenic and endothelial differentiation, improved cardiac function, reduced infarct size, increased vessel density

No mortality,

No teratoma formation

Perea-Gil et al. (2015) [27]

cATMSC

In vitro

–

Dose-dependent suppression of T-cell alloproliferation

–

Llucià-Valldeperas et al. (2015) [39]

cATMSC

In vitro

–

Higher constitutive expression of Cx43, α-actinin, SERCA2, and GATA4

–

Llucià-Valldeperas et al. (2017) [40]

cATMSC

Acute MI mice

Fibrin patch

Improved cardiac function, increased myocardial vessel density

No mortality

Gálvez-Montón et al. (2011) [58]

cATMSC

Acute MI swine

AGTP

Improved cardiac function, reduced infarct size, flap-myocardium vascular connections

No mortality

Gálvez-Montón et al. (2013) [59]

cATMSC

Chronic MI swine

AGTP

Reduced infarct size, flap-myocardium vascular connections

No mortality

Prat-Vidal et al. (2014) [53]

cATMSC

Acute MI swine

Pericardial scaffold

Reduced infarct size

No mortality

Bayes-Genis et al. (2016) [62]

cATMSC

Chronic MI human

AGTP

Partial efficacy

No mortality

Perea-Gil et al. (2016) [56]

cATMSC

Acute MI swine

Myocardial scaffold

Improved cardiac function, reduced infarct size, less fibrosis, higher myocardial vessel density

No mortality, no rejection, no arrhythmias

Gálvez-Montón et al. (2017) [60]

cATMSC

Acute MI swine

Pericardial scaffold

Improved cardiac function, reduced infarct size, less inflammation and fibrosis

No mortality

  1. ICREC Insuficiència Cardíaca i Regeneració Cardíaca, UCBMSC umbilical cord blood mesenchymal stem cell, cATMSC cardiac adipose tissue mesenchymal stem cell, MI myocardial infarction, AGTP adipose graft transposition procedure