Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: an Antimicrobial and Host-Directed Therapy for Complex Infectious Diseases

Author:

Shaw Timothy D.1ORCID,Krasnodembskaya Anna D.1ORCID,Schroeder Gunnar N.1ORCID,Zumla Alimuddin2ORCID,Maeurer Markus34ORCID,O’Kane Cecilia M.1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine, Queen’s University, Belfast, United Kingdom

2. Center for Clinical Microbiology, Division of Infection and Immunity, University College London, NIHR Biomedical Research Centre, UCL Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom

3. Immunosurgery Unit, Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown, Lisbon, Portugal

4. Department of Oncology and Haematology, Krankenhaus Nordwest, Frankfurt, Germany

Abstract

There is an urgent need for new antimicrobial strategies for treating complex infections and emerging pathogens. Human mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are adult multipotent cells with antimicrobial properties, mediated through direct bactericidal activity and modulation of host innate and adaptive immune cells.

Funder

National Institute for Health Research

UKRI | Medical Research Council

Insmed

The Wellcome Trust

Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Department of Health, Northern Ireland

European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership

Fundação Champalimaud

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Infectious Diseases,Microbiology (medical),Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health,General Immunology and Microbiology,Epidemiology

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