REVIEW
Multipotent mesenchymal stem cells: prospects for use in the treatment of injuries sustained in the Far North
National Medical Research Center for Rehabilitation and Balneology, Moscow, Russia
Correspondence should be addressed: Marina Viktorovna Volkova
Novy Arbat, 32, Moscow, 121099, Russia; ur.tsil@avoklov.hcetoib
Acknowledgements: the authors express their gratitude to Jan Borisovich Kovalevsky, General Director of Orion Chemical Company, for his assistance in writing the article.
Author contribution: Volkova MV — scientific justification, data analysis, manuscript authoring; Eremin PS — manuscript editing; Markov PA — project supervision, manuscript editing.
The review compares promising approaches to treatment of skin and bone tissue injuries sustained under extreme conditions that employ mesenchymal stem cells. The materials have been extracted from Google Scholar and PubMed. We describe key factors of the Arctic region that affect human epidermis and bone tissues, as well as those that complicate their healing in case of injury. The reviewed papers allowed identifying promising products that have a multifaceted effect on the tissue repair processes, which are those employing mesenchymal stem cells, their exosomes, and recombinant growth factors in combination with biomaterials. Medical products developed for treatment of injuries sustained in the Arctic conditions can be used for wounds sustained in other extreme environments.
Keywords: hypoxia, skin, hypothermia, bone, multipotent mesenchymal stem cells