Review Article

Strategies to Improve the Efficiency of Transplantation with Mesenchymal Stem Cells for the Treatment of Ischemic Stroke: A Review of Recent Progress

Table 4

Recent studies reporting genetic modification approaches that can improve the efficiency of MSC transplantation in ischemic stroke models.

Genetic modification approachesPossible mechanismsAnimal modelSource of MSCResearch timeReferences

FGF-21 overexpressionImproving the survival of MSCs and reducing apoptosisCell oxidative stress and inflammation modelBone marrow (mice)2020Linares et al. [99]
Neurogenin-1 overexpressionIncreasing the homing ability and engraftment efficiency of MSCsRat cerebral infarction modelBone marrow (human)2020Kim et al. [87]
Immortalized by human telomerase reverse transcriptaseReducing apoptosis in brainRat cerebral infarction modelBone marrow (human)2019Li et al. [108]
SNHG12 silencingPromoting the cell proliferation and reduce apoptosis of brain microvascular endothelial cellsRat cerebral infarction modelBone marrow2019Li et al. [114]
CCR2-overexpressionPromoting migration ability of MSCsRat cerebral infarction modelBone marrow (human)2018Huang et al. [90]
HIF-1α gene-modifiedPromoting viability, suppressing apoptosis, and activating autophagy-related signaling pathwayRat cerebral infarction model and cell OGD modelBone marrow (rat)2017Lv et al. [95, 96]
VEGF gene-modifiedImproving the survival of MSCs, increasing expression and secretion of VEGF and BDNFRat cerebral infarction modelBone marrow2017Zong et al. [137]
CX3CL1 gene-modifiedPromoting migration ability of MSCsRat cerebral infarction modelBone marrow (rat)2015Zhang et al. [89]
MiR-133b gene-modifiedExosomes from MSCs mediating the miR-133b transfer to astrocytes and neuronsRat cerebral infarction modelBone marrow (rat)2013Xin et al. [112]
SVV gene-modifiedImproving the survival of MSCs and upregulating the expression of protective cytokinesRat cerebral infarction modelBone marrow (rat)2011Liu et al. [103]
Erythropoietin-transducedImproving the survival of MSCsRat cerebral infarction modelBone marrow (human)2010Cho et al. [106]