[Recent progress of cell therapy in clinical applications].
OBJECTIVE
To review the recent progress of cell therapy in clinical applications.


METHODS
The recent literature about cell therapy in clinical applications was extensively reviewed.


RESULTS
Based on the advances in cell biology, especially the rapid progress in stem cell biology, an increasing number of clinical trials about cell therapy for management of various diseases, such as cardiovascular system diseases, neural system diseases, musculo-skeletal diseases, diabetes, stress urinary incontinence, and others, had been reported with encouraging results. All these showed that cell therapy had great potentials in clinical application.


CONCLUSIONS
Cell therapy provides a novel approach for the treatment of many human diseases. However, the mechanism remains to be fully elucidated.
Han
Ping
P
Division of Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu Sichuan, 610041, P.R. China.
Xie
Huiqi
H
Luo
Jingcong
J
Yang
Zhiming
Z
D017690:Cell Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D064987:Cell- and Tissue-Based Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000628:therapy; D032448:Myoblasts, Skeletal / Q000637:transplantation; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000628:therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D033581:Stem Cell Transplantation; D023822:Tissue Engineering