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- Title
Biological characteristics and gene expression pattern of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in patients with psoriasis.
- Authors
Hou, Ruixia; Liu, Ruifeng; Niu, Xuping; Chang, Wenjuan; Yan, Xin; Wang, Chunfang; Li, Junqin; An, Peng; Li, Xinhua; Yin, Guohua; Zhang, Kaiming
- Abstract
Mesenchymal stem cells ( MSCs) have immunoregulatory and proangiogenic effects and are suggested to be involved in the pathological processes of immune-related diseases, including psoriasis. Biological characteristics of bone marrow MSCs ( BMSCs) from patients with autoimmune diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus or rheumatoid arthritis, but not psoriasis, have been characterized. We compared the gene expression profile and biological characteristics of BMSCs from patients with psoriasis and healthy controls. Although the phenotype, differentiation potential and ability to support CD34+ cell proliferation were similar to those of normal BMSCs, psoriatic BMSCs showed aberrant proliferative activity, increased apoptosis rate and a characteristic gene expression profile. These aberrations may develop after the abnormal immune response in psoriasis and result in BMSC dysfunction. The functionally deficient BMSCs may then fail to suppress overactive immune cells, thereby contributing to the pathogenesis of psoriasis.
- Subjects
GENE expression; MESENCHYMAL stem cells; IMMUNOMODULATORS; PSORIASIS; CELL proliferation; IMMUNE response; PATIENTS
- Publication
Experimental Dermatology, 2014, Vol 23, Issue 7, p521
- ISSN
0906-6705
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/exd.12446