Combined adipose mesenchymal stromal cell advanced therapy resolved a recalcitrant leg ulcer in an 85-year-old patient Articles uri icon

publication date

  • November 2020

start page

  • 2053

end page

  • 2065

issue

  • 9

volume

  • 15

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1746-0751

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1746-076X

abstract

  • Venous leg ulcers (VLU) represent an uphill economic, health and social burden, aggravated in the elderly. Best-practice care interventions are often insufficient and alternative therapies need to be explored. Herein, we have treated for the first time a chronic VLU in an elderly patient by combining cell therapy and tissue engineering in the context of a compassionate use. The administration of allogeneic adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) embedded in a plasma-based bioengineered dermis covering the ulcer bed and also injected into the ulcer margins led to the complete closure of a 10-year recalcitrant VLU in an 85-year-old patient. Regenerative properties of MSCs might be boosted by the use of bioengineered matrices for their delivery.

subjects

  • Biology and Biomedicine
  • Electronics
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medicine

keywords

  • advanced therapies; allogeneic adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells; bioengineered dermis; recalcitrant ulcers; tissue engineering