PUBLICATION

Stem Cell Differentiation Stage Factors from Zebrafish Embryo: A Novel Strategy to Modulate the Fate of Normal and Pathological Human (Stem) Cells

Authors
Biava, P.M., Canaider, S., Facchin, F., Bianconi, E., Ljungberg, L., Rotilio, D., Burigana, F., Ventura, C.
ID
ZDB-PUB-150725-10
Date
2015
Source
Current pharmaceutical biotechnology   16: 782-92 (Review)
Registered Authors
Keywords
Stem cell differentiation stage factors, cancer stem cells, human adipose-derived stem cells, cell reprogramming, cancer therapies, psoriasis, anti-aging treatments, neurodegeneration
MeSH Terms
  • Adipose Tissue/cytology
  • Adipose Tissue/metabolism
  • Animals
  • Cell Differentiation*
  • Cellular Reprogramming
  • Humans
  • Stem Cell Factor/metabolism*
  • Stem Cells/cytology
  • Stem Cells/metabolism*
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/metabolism*
PubMed
26201607 Full text @ Curr. Pharm. Biotechnol.
Abstract
In spite of the growing body of evidence on the biology of the Zebrafish embryo and stem cells, including the use of Stem Cell Differentiation Stage Factors (SCDSFs) taken from Zebrafish embryo to impact cancer cell dynamics, comparatively little is known about the possibility to use these factors to modulate the homeostasis of normal human stem cells or to modulate the behavior of cells involved in different pathological conditions. In the present review we recall in a synthetic way the most important researches about the use of SCDSFs in reprogramming cancer cells and in modulating the high speed of multiplication of keratinocytes which is characteristic of some pathological diseases like psoriasis. Moreover we add here the results about the capability of SCDSFs in modulating the homeostasis of human adiposederived stem cells (hASCs) isolated from a fat tissue obtained with a novel-non enzymatic method and device. In addition we report the data not yet published about a first protein analysis of the SCDSFs and about their role in a pathological condition like neurodegeneration.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping