Title:Application of Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells in Moyamoya Disease:
Progress and Promises
Volume: 18
Issue: 6
Author(s): Yimeng Xue, Qian Zhang, Lin-Jian Wang, Wen-Jun Tu and Jizong Zhao*
Affiliation:
- Savaid Medical School, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing China
- Department of Neurosurgery, Beijing
Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China
- Center of Stroke, Beijing Institute for Brain Disorders,
Beijing, China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Translational Medicine for Cerebrovascular Disease, Beijing, China
- China National Clinical Research Center for Neurological Diseases, Beijing, China
Keywords:
Induced pluripotent stem cell, moyamoya disease, ring finger protein 213, cerebral vascular disease, endothelial cell, vascular smooth muscle cell.
Abstract: Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a chronic steno-occlusion cerebrovascular disease accompanied
by the formation of the abnormal vascular network at the base of the brain. The etiology of MMD is not
fully clarified. Lack of pathological specimens hinders the research progress. Induced pluripotent stem
cells (iPSC) derived from patients with outstanding differentiation potential and infinite proliferation
ability could conquer the problem of insufficient samples. The technology of iPSC holds the promise of
clarifying the underlying molecular mechanism in the development of MMD. In this review, we summarized
the latest progress and difficulties in the research of mechanism and detailed the application of iPSC
in MMD, aiming to provide an outlook of iPSC in molecular mechanism and novel therapies of MMD.