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Targeted differenciation of limbal and mesenchymal stem cells and their therapeutic application
Kuthanová, Hana ; Holáň, Vladimír (advisor) ; Indrová, Marie (referee)
The research of stem cells slowly transfers from the experimental to the preclinical and clinical level. They are in the centre of interest thanks to their potential to treat many of severe injuries and genetically determined diseases. However, the clinical application of these cells has to be based on a basic research of their characteristics and differential potential. Adult stem cells are in organism in minor populations in unique niches. In comparison with embryonic and induced pluripotent stem cells, the adult stem cells have lower differential potential but they also tend less to making teratomas. The therapeutic use of differential and transdifferential potential of limbal and mesenchymal stem cells is described here in more detail with focus on their use in damaged ocular surface treatment. Limbal stem cells are the only source of stem cells for corneal epithelium regeneration in most organisms. Deficiency of these stem cells leads to severe eye disorders even to blindness. Nowadays, a transplantation of allogeneic limbal stem cells or allogeneic limbus is the only chance for patients with total limbal stem cell deficiency. In clinical trials with patients with particular limbal stem cell deficiency, autologous limbal stem cells were successfully transplanted. Mesenchymal stem cells derived...

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