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World J Stem Cells. Jul 26, 2022; 14(7): 513-526
Published online Jul 26, 2022. doi: 10.4252/wjsc.v14.i7.513
Prodigious therapeutic effects of combining mesenchymal stem cells with magnetic nanoparticles
Ejlal Abu-El-Rub, Ramada R Khasawneh, Fatimah Almahasneh
Ejlal Abu-El-Rub, Fatimah Almahasneh, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan
Ramada R Khasawneh, Department of Anatomy and Histology, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan
Author contributions: Abu-El-Rub E and Khasawneh RR conceptualized the review subtopics; Abu-El-Rub E, Khasawneh RR and Almahasneh F collected the literature used to write the review and drafted the manuscript; Abu-El-Rub E revised and formatted the content of the manuscript and verified spelling, punctuation and grammatical errors; all authors have read and approved the final manuscript.
Conflict-of-interest statement: All the authors report no relevant conflicts of interest for this article.
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Corresponding author: Ramada R Khasawneh, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Anatomy and Histology, Yarmouk University, Shafiq Irshidat St, Irbid 21163, Jordan. ramada@yu.edu.jo
Received: March 17, 2022
Peer-review started: March 17, 2022
First decision: April 25, 2022
Revised: May 18, 2022
Accepted: June 22, 2022
Article in press: June 22, 2022
Published online: July 26, 2022
Core Tip

Core Tip: Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been thoroughly investigated in many disease models and they showed great therapeutic potential. Despite the confirmed therapeutic abilities of MSCs, many challenges still exist which hinder the transfer of these cells to the treatment guidelines. The incorporation of magnetic nanoparticles (MNPs) with MSCs has been reported to increase the therapeutic outcomes of MSCs by solving major challenges that impede their long–term regenerative effects. MNPs are able to improve the ability to track and deliver MSCs and to increase their migration, homing, survival and differentiation in vitro and in vivo. This may help increase the success rate of MSCs transplantation and thus increase the chance to include these cells in the treatment guidelines used in different clinical settings.