Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy For Psoriasis

Psoriasis can occur on any part of the body eyelids ears mouth and lips skin folds hands and feet arms and legs torso and nails.

Mesenchymal stem cell therapy for psoriasis.

By conduction a review of the existing literature on. 2 the pathogenesis of psoriasis has an immunological basis. Psoriasis is a systemic immun. 1 here we report 2 cases of psoriasis vulgaris treated by umbilical cord derived mesenchymal stem cells uc mscs.

Literature with regard to msc based strategies for the treatment of psoriasis. Treatment of psoriasis with mesenchymal stem cells to the editor. The anti inflammatory and immunomodulatory properties of mesenchymal stem cells mscs have been proposed to be involved in some autoimmune diseases and have been successfully tested in patients and mice. The most common form plaque psoriasis appears most often as red scaly patches that itch and bleed.

Human mesenchymal stem cell therapy stem cells inter. Current treatments including newly emerged biologic agents have some limitations. Psoriasis is an incurable immune mediated disease which affects approximately 2 of the world s population. Mesenchymal stem cells mscs have recently been shown to have not only regenerative capabilities but also immunomodulating properties.

Current treatments including newly emerged biologic agents have some limitations 1 here we report 2 cases of psoriasis vulgaris treated by umbilical cord derived mesen. Indeed according to the researchers psoriasis patients who have undergone bone marrow stem cells transplants have also gone. Here we explored the feasibility of using human umbilical cord derived msc huc msc infusion as a. However there is potential for other stem cell types to help with psoriasis as well.

For this reason they are currently under investigation in clinical trials for the treatment of several autoimmune systemic disorders. 1 the treatment varies depending on disease severity from topical agents and phototherapy to conventional immunosuppressant drugs and biologic agents. The skin at each of these sites is different and requires different treatments. In these 2 cases both of the patients remained relapse free for 4 or 5 years.

For this reason they are currently under investigation in clinical trials for the treatment of several autoimmune systemic disorders. The specific stem cells that have proven useful in healing these skin lesions are mesenchymal stem cells and hematopoietic stem cells. Mesenchymal stem cells mscs have recently been shown to have not only regenerative capabilities but also immunomodulating properties.