Open AccessStem cell activity in the repair of cardiovascular tissues
Author(s) -
Alejandra Cevallos,
Abigail Solórzano
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
bionatura
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.11
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 1390-9355
pISSN - 1390-9347
DOI - 10.21931/rb/2019.04.03.13
Subject(s) - stem cell , clinical uses of mesenchymal stem cells , embryonic stem cell , adult stem cell , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , stem cell transplantation for articular cartilage repair , regeneration (biology) , stem cell theory of aging , transplantation , amniotic stem cells , cell type , amniotic epithelial cells , cell therapy , immunology , cancer research , cell , medicine , progenitor cell , genetics , stem cell factor , gene
Stem cells can become different types of cells and have the potential to divide and self-renew. There are two types of stem cells, first the embryonic stem cells and second the adult stem cells, both help in regeneration or repair tissues of an organism, for this reason, the stem cells are being used to renew the world of medicine. Stem cells are obtained from three sources: the first can be our own body that where certain organs still have some cells still not completely differentiated. The second source is the embryos when they are in the blastocyst phase (between five to fourteen days from conception), and the third source can be in the cells of the skin, liver or another cell type that have been modified to behave like embryonic stem cells. With this therapy, we would find ourselves before an inexhaustible source to repair the tissues and organs that were damaged in our bodies. One of the main causes of mortality in heart failure, but with the help of cell therapy has been studied the repair of cardiac tissue with the stem cell transplant. The objective of the cellular transplantation is that the transplanted cells in the heart tissue manage to regenerate, renewed, and repair any part of the heart tissue damaged.