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Roudsari PP, Alavi-Moghadam S, Rezaei-Tavirani M, Goodarzi P, Tayanloo-Beik A, Sayahpour FA, Larijani B, Arjmand B. The Outcome of Stem Cell-Based Therapies on the Immune Responses in Rheumatoid Arthritis. ADVANCES IN EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE AND BIOLOGY 2021; 1326:159-186. [PMID: 32926346 DOI: 10.1007/5584_2020_581] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/12/2023]
Abstract
Rheumatoid arthritis as a common autoimmune inflammatory disorder with unknown etiology can affect 0.5-1% of adults in developed countries. It involves more than just the patient's joints and can be accompanied by several comorbidities and affect cardiovascular, pulmonary, and some other systems of the human body. Although cytokine-mediated pathways are mentioned to have a central role in RA pathogenesis, adaptive and innate immune systems and intracellular signaling pathways all have important roles in this process. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, glucocorticoids, conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs, and biological agents are some mentioned medications used for RA. They are accompanied by some adverse effects and treatment failures which elucidates the needing for novel and more powerful therapeutic approaches. Stem cell-based therapies and their beneficial effects on therapeutic processes of different diseases have been founded so far. They can be an alternative and promising therapeutic approach for RA, too; due to their effects on immune responses of the disease. This review, besides some explanations about RA characteristics, addresses the outcome of the stem cell-based therapies including mesenchymal stem cell transplantation and hematopoietic stem cell transplantation for RA and explains their effects on the disease improvement.
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Affiliation(s)
- Peyvand Parhizkar Roudsari
- Metabolomics and Genomics Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular-Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Center, Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Metabolomics and Genomics Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Stem Cells and Developmental Biology, Cell Science Research Center, Royan Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Technology, ACECR, Tehran, Iran
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- Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Metabolomics and Genomics Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. .,Cell Therapy and Regenerative Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Molecular-Cellular Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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Shifa I, Hazlewood GS, Durand C, Barr SG, Mydlarski PR, Beck PL, Burton JM, Khan FM, Jamani K, Osman M, Storek J. Efficacy of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation for Autoimmune Diseases. Transplant Cell Ther 2021; 27:489.e1-489.e9. [PMID: 33775907 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtct.2021.03.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/21/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
Abstract
Allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) may be efficacious for autoimmune diseases (AIDs), but its efficacy for individual AIDs is unknown. Factors influencing the likelihood of relapse for each AID are also unknown. This study aimed to determine the likelihood of relapse for each common AID and to generate hypotheses about factors influencing the likelihood of relapse. We reviewed charts of adult patients with nonhematologic AIDs who had undergone HCT in Alberta (n = 21) and patients described in the literature (n = 67). We used stringent inclusion criteria to minimize the inclusion of patients whose AID may have been cured before transplantation. We also used stringent definitions of AID relapse and remission. AID relapsed in 2 of 9 patients (22%) with lupus, in 4 of 12 (33%) with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), in 0 of 4 (0%) with systemic sclerosis (SSc), in 3 of 16 (19%) with psoriasis, in 1 of 12 (8%) with Behçet's disease (BD), in 1 of 15 (7%) with Crohn's disease (CD), in 0 of 5 (0%) with ulcerative colitis (UC), in 4 of 8 (50%) with multiple sclerosis (MS), and in 3 of 3 (100%) with type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Among highly informative patients (followed for >1 year after discontinuation of immunosuppressive therapy if no relapse, or donor AID status known if relapse), relapse occurred in 0 of 3 patients with lupus, in 2 of 7 with RA, in 0 of 2 with SSc, in 3 of 6 with psoriasis, in 0 of 3 with BD, in 0 of 10 with CD, in 0 of 3 with UC, in 2 of 3 with MS, and in 2 of 2 with T1DM. There appeared to be no associations between AID relapse and low intensity of pretransplantation chemoradiotherapy, multiple lines of AID therapy (surrogate for AID refractoriness) except perhaps for lupus, absence of serotherapy for graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) prophylaxis, lack of GVHD except perhaps for lupus, or incomplete donor chimerism. Even though remission commonly occurs after HCT in lupus, RA, SSc, psoriasis, BD, CD, and UC, HCT is efficacious for only a subset of patients. The efficacy appears to be unrelated to pretransplantation therapy, GVHD, or chimerism. Large studies are needed to determine the characteristics of patients likely to benefit from HCT for each AID.
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- Iman Shifa
- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Neurosciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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- Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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