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. 2017 Sep 8;8(43):75756–75766. doi: 10.18632/oncotarget.20798

Table 1. Applications of stem cells in cancer therapy.

Strategies Cancer types Stem cell applications References
Stem cell modifications
Enzyme/prodrug therapy Glioma NSCs (retroviral transduction with CD) [16, 26]
NSCs (baculoviral transduction with HSV-TK) [29]
MSCs (lentiviral and retroviral transduction with S-TRAIL and HSV-TK) [27]
MSCs (retroviral transduction with CD ) [25]
Colon adenocarcinoma NSCs (adenovirus transduction with a rabbit CE) [26]
Metastatic lung cancer and primary lung cancer  NSCs (engineered to express CE) [9]
Secreted agents Glioma NSCs (retrovirus transduction with IL-4 ) [26]
NSCs (adenovirus transduction with TRAIL) [26]
NSCs (encapsulated in sECM after being engineered to express S-TRAIL) [32]
Breast cancer brain metastases NSCs (lentivirus transduction with anti-HER2Ab) [7]
Breast cancer MSCs (engineered to over express IFN-beta) [33]
Viral therapy Glioma NSCs (infected with CRAd-S-pk7) [35, 67]
MSCs (loaded with oHSV ) [38]
Hepatocellular carcinoma MSCs (infected with measles virus) [37]
Nanoparticle carriers Solid tumor NSCs (loaded with gold nanorods) [40]
Glioma MSCs (loaded with poly-lactic acid nanoparticles and lipid nanocapsules) [41]
MSCs (loaded with nanoparticles) [42]
Regenerative medicine Hematologic malignancies HSCs (allogeneic transplantation) [44]
Liver disease iPSCs (engraftment of patient-specific iPSCs) [45, 46]
Immunotherapy Solid tumor HSCs (induction of graft vs. tumor effect ) [48]
Lymphomas HSCs (allogeneic transplantation) [49]
iPSCs (generate T cells) [53]
Melanoma HSCs (genetically engineered HSCs to generate antigen-specific CD8 T cells) [51]
Targeting CSCs Glioma HSCs (modifying the proteome profile of HSCs ) [57]
Anticancer drug screening / cancer tissue-derived iPSCs (provide cellular targets) [59].