Potency of Mesenchymal Stem Cell and Its Secretome in Treating COVID-19

Angliana Chouw1,2, Tiana Milanda3, Cynthia Retna Sartika2, Marsya Nilam Kirana2, Danny Halim4, Ahmad Faried4
1Post-Doctoral Program, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjajaran, Jatinangor, Indonesia
2Prodia StemCell Indonesia, Jakarta Pusat, Indonesia
3Department of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Universitas Padjajaran, Jatinangor, Indonesia
4Department of Neurosurgery and Stem Cell Working Group, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjajaran-Dr. Hasan Sadikin Hospital, Bandung, Indonesia

Tóm tắt

The COVID-19 disease, which is caused by the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has affected the world by increasing the mortality rate in 2020. Currently, there is no definite treatment for COVID-19 patients. Several clinical trials have been proposed to overcome this disease and many are still under investigation. In this review, we will be focusing on the potency of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and MSC-derived secretome for treating COVID-19 patients. Fever, cough, headache, dizziness, and fatigue are the common clinical manifestations in COVID-19 patients. In mild and severe cases, cytokines are released hyper-actively which causes a cytokine storm leading to acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). In order to maintain the lung microenvironment in COVID-19 patients, MSCs are used as cell-based therapy approaches as they can act as cell managers which accelerate the immune system to prevent the cytokine storm and promote endogenous repair. Besides, MSCs have shown minimal expression of ACE2 or TMPRSS2, and hence, MSCs are free from SARS-CoV-2 infection. Numerous clinical studies have started worldwide and demonstrated that MSCs have great potential for ARDS treatment in COVID-19 patients. Preliminary data have shown that MSCs and MSC-derived secretome appear to be promising in the treatment of COVID-19. The COVID-19 disease is an infection disease which affects the world in 2020. Currently, there is no definite treatment for COVID-19 patients. However, several clinical trials have been proposed to overcome this disease and one of them is using mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) and MSC-derived secretome for treating COVID-19 patients. During the infection, cytokines are released hyper-actively which causes a cytokine storm. MSCs play an important role in maintaining the lung microenvironment in COVID-19 patients. They can act as cell managers which accelerate the immune system to prevent the cytokine storm and promote the endogenous repair. Therefore, it is important to explore the clinical trial in the world for treating the COVID-19 disease using MSCs and MSC-derived secretome.

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