Stem Cell Therapy and Autoimmune Diseases

What are Autoimmune Diseases?

Autoimmune disease is a condition whereby the immune system of a patient generates a cellular and antibody response to the tissues and other substances that are normally present in the body. And this can involve a specific tissue in different areas of the body or be restricted to one just one organ. As a result of this response, damages are caused to different organs. Examples of autoimmune diseases which responded to stem cell therapy in both  humans or animals includes  multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid inflammation, and lupus.

How Can Stem Cells Help in the Treatment of   Autoimmune Diseases?

Currently, autoimmune conditions are being addressed with the use of immune suppressive agents which includes steroids, methothrexate, cyclosporine, gold, and also the use of infliximab (Remicade) has been discovered recently. Despite the level of inducing a temporary improvement, all these procedures contains the full prospect of long-term adverse effects, and the need for a life-term treatment.

Stem cell therapy has been able to demonstrate the induction of profound healing activity in various  animals with any forms of autoimmune illnesses. And besides the induction of  profound on damaged tissues, stem cells also have the unique ability to restrain the immune system in order  to shut off any form of pathological responses and still  maintain its ability to fight off disease at the same time.

Stem cells and especially mesenchymal stem cells move toward swollen tissues and they produce anti-inflammatory agents. These agents act independently and they do not suppress the immune response in the whole body of the patient. Moreover, the mesenchymal stem cells induce the creation of T regulatory cells, which is a type of immune cell that has the ability to protect the whole body against any form of self-attack related to the immune system.

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