Department of Tissue Engineering and Cell Therapy, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Hematology and Cell Therapy Department, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran.
Stem Cell Res Ther. 2022 Jun 7;13(1):242. doi: 10.1186/s13287-022-02929-6.
Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD) is characterized by intra-hepatocyte triglyceride accumulation and concomitant involvement of the immune system with subsequent histological changes, tissue damage, and clinical findings. There are various molecular pathways involved in the progression of NAFLD including lipotoxicity, endoplasmic reticulum stress, and the immune response. Both innate and adaptive immune systems are involved in the NAFLD pathogenesis, and crosstalk between the immune cells and liver cells participates in its initiation and progression. Among the various treatments for this disease, new cell based therapies have been proposed. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) (MSC-EVs) are new cell-free vehicles with low immunogenicity, which can suppress detrimental immune responses in inflamed tissues. This review aimed to express the immune system's molecular pathways associated with the initiation and progression of NAFLD. Then, the possible role of MSC-EVs in the treatment of this entity through immune response modulation was discussed. Finally, engineered EVs enhanced by specific therapeutic miRNA were suggested for alleviating the pathological cellular events in liver disease.
非酒精性脂肪性肝病(NAFLD)的特征是肝细胞内甘油三酯积聚,同时伴有免疫系统参与,随后出现组织学变化、组织损伤和临床发现。NAFLD 的进展涉及多种分子途径,包括脂毒性、内质网应激和免疫反应。先天和适应性免疫系统都参与了 NAFLD 的发病机制,免疫细胞和肝细胞之间的串扰参与了其启动和进展。在这种疾病的各种治疗方法中,已经提出了新的基于细胞的治疗方法。间充质干细胞(MSC)衍生的细胞外囊泡(EV)(MSC-EVs)是具有低免疫原性的新型无细胞载体,可抑制炎症组织中有害的免疫反应。本综述旨在表达与 NAFLD 起始和进展相关的免疫系统分子途径。然后,讨论了 MSC-EVs 通过调节免疫反应在治疗这种疾病中的可能作用。最后,提出了通过特定治疗性 miRNA 增强的工程化 EV,以减轻肝病中细胞的病理事件。