Modulation of Senescence and Differentiation in Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Stem Cells".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 12
Special Issue Editors
Interests: human mesenchymal stem cells; cell senescence; cell biology; cell differentiation
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Interests: human mesenchymal stem cells; cell senescence; cell biology; cell differentiation; use of chemical (natural or synthetic molecules) od physical stimuli to modulate the stemness, the proliferation, differentiation and senescence of human stem cells from adult and perinatal tissues; the relationship between cytoskeleton alteration and morpho-functional properties of human stem cells from adult and perinatal tissues; strategies to induce cardiomyocytes to re-enter the cell cycle; gender differences in transcriptome and cell senescence in human stem cells; theoretic biology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) are adult stem cells used in regenerative medicine to treat various pathologies due to their self-renewal ability and multilineage differentiation. However, MSCs undergo cellular senescence during their in vitro expansion, and they may become senescent in vivo due to the influence of multiple molecular, cellular, and environmental interactions. Many studies have been carried out to investigate the biological properties of MSCs and the possibility of modulating their behaviour pre- and post-transplantation. Only a few have successfully managed to reach clinical availability, implying that we probably do not yet have a full understanding of the biology of MSCs.
For this Special Issue, we invite authors/experts to submit high-quality original research articles that further expand our knowledge of and provide us with insights into MSCs. We are particularly interested in studies deepening our understanding of senescence and differentiation in tissue-specific MSCs, as well as those exploring the modulation of these processes through natural and synthetic molecules with the aim of improving MSC potential in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.
Dr. Federica Facchin
Dr. Silvia Canaider
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- tissue-specific mesenchymal stem cells
- cell senescence
- cell differentiation
- natural and synthetic molecules
- tissue engineering
- regenerative medicine
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