STEM CELLS AND VIRAL INFECTIONS: RELEVANCE TO COVID-19
Marwa M. Ellithy*
ABSTRACT
Stem cells currently offer new hope for treating a great number of diseases. MSCs have immunosuppressive and immunomodulatory properties enabling them to have many clinical and therapeutic applications. They exerted broad-spectrum destroying function covering a wide range of bacteria, protozoa, parasites, and viruses that caused diverse clinical problems. But, there is still limited available data on how far MSCs have effective deleterious activity against viruses. Covid-19 (coronavirus infectious disease) is menacing the world and not hesitating. the viral load in COVID-19 causes a state of hyperinflamation and uncontrolled reaction of immune cells. Many researchers tried to test MSCs dual effect on immune cells. In this review, we summarize the role of stem cells in dealing with viral infections with special relevance to novel COVID-19.
Keywords: Stem cells, regenerative medicine, viral infection, immune cells, COVID-19.
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