Nörodejeneratif Hastalıklarda Mezenkimal Kök Hücre Uygulamaları

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases are almost incurable, debilitating, and they might be fatal, because of limited neurogenesis in nervous system, presence of inhibitory substances and inhibition of recovery due to development of glial scar. Despite many treatment strategies of neurodegenerative diseases no full cure has been achieved. The successful results for mesenchymal stem cells applications on muscles, heart and liver diseases and the application of these cells to the damaged area in particular, hypoxia, inflammation and apoptosis promise hope of using them for neurodegenerative diseases. Mesenchymal stem cells applications constitute a vascular and neuronal phenotype in Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease. Stem cells release bioactive agents that lead to suppression of local immune system, reduction of free radicals, increase in angiogenesis, inhibition of fibrosis, and apoptosis. In addition, tissue stem cells, increase neuronal healing, stimulate proliferation and differentiation. These findings show that stem cells might be a hope of a cure in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and intensive work on this issue should continue. Key words: Mesenchymal stem cells, therapy, neurodegenerative disease ÖZET Nörodejeneratif hastalıkların tedavisi oldukça güçtür ve bazen de öldürücüdür. Bunun nedeni santral sinir sisteminde nörogenesisin sınırlı olması, aktif inhibitör maddelerin bulunması ve glial skar dokusunun gelişmesi nedeniyle iyileşmenin engellenmesidir. Nörodejeneratif hastalıkların tedavisinde birçok uygulama yapılmasına rağmen tam bir kür elde etmek mümkün olmamıştır. Mezenkimal kök