Biological characteristics and differentiation potential of fibroblasts / 中国组织工程研究

ABSTRACT

BACKGROUND: Tissue engineering technology has emerged to solve the repair and reconstruction of tissues and organs. The selection and application of seed cells become an issue of concern. Fibroblasts are a popular choice in various tissue engineering studies. OBJECTIVE: To summarize the biological characteristics of fibroblasts, their multi-potential differentiation and their effects on the proliferation and differentiation of stem cells. METHODS: A computer-based research of CNKI (2015-2019) and PubMed (2005-2019) databases was performed for the articles about the biological characteristics of fibroblasts and multipotential differentiation. The articles were systematically summarized and analyzed. The newest research process of multi-potential differentiation of fibroblasts was reviewed. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Fibroblasts hold strong metabolism and proliferation abilities, which can synthesize and secrete protein. Fibroblasts can differentiate into different cells under different environments, and exhibit the same strong multi-potential differentiation with stem cells. Therefore, it is commonly used in the transdifferentiation, cell culture, injury repair and tissue engineering, and their effects on promoting proliferation and inducing differentiation of stem cells are particularly significant. We should fully utilize the biological characteristics and multi-potential differentiation of fibroblasts, and co-culture of fibroblasts with stem cells can provide seed cells for tissue engineering, which further provide an idea for traumatic repair in clinic.