Institute of Medical Biochemistry and Laboratory Diagnostics, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital in Prague, Czech Republic.
Physiol Res. 2021 Dec 30;70(Suppl4):S597-S616. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.934783.
Pluripotent pancreatic stellate cells (PSCs) receive growing interest in past decades. Two types of PSCs are recognized -vitamin A accumulating quiescent PSCs and activated PSCs- the main producents of extracellular matrix in pancreatic tissue. PSCs plays important role in pathogenesis of pancreatic fibrosis in pancreatic cancer and chronic pancreatitis. PSCs are intensively studied as potential therapeutical target because of their important role in developing desmoplastic stroma in pancreatic cancer. There also exists evidence that PSC are involved in other pathologies like type-2 diabetes mellitus. This article brings brief characteristics of PSCs and recent advances in research of these cells.
多能性胰腺星状细胞(PSCs)在过去几十年中受到越来越多的关注。目前已经鉴定出两种 PSCs - 维生素 A 蓄积静止 PSCs 和活化 PSCs- 它们是胰腺组织细胞外基质的主要产生者。PSCs 在胰腺癌和慢性胰腺炎的胰腺纤维化发病机制中起重要作用。由于其在胰腺癌中形成纤维性基质中的重要作用,PSCs 作为潜在的治疗靶点受到了广泛研究。也有证据表明 PSCs 参与了其他病理情况,如 2 型糖尿病。本文简要介绍了 PSCs 的特征以及这些细胞研究的最新进展。