Abstract
Recently, the limb salvage rate of patients with critical limb ischemia (CLI) has been improved due to the development of revascularization and wound care treatment. However, many patients with CLI are refractory to standard treatments, including revascularization such as endovascular treatment or surgical bypass. Establishment of a new cell therapy is required to improve the limb salvage rate and prognosis in patients with CLI. In 1997, endothelial progenitor cells were found to be derived from the bone marrow to circulate as CD34 surface antigen positive cells in peripheral blood and to affect therapeutic angiogenesis in ischemic tissues. Later, therapeutic angiogenesis using autologous bone marrow-derived mononuclear cell (BM-MNC) implantation was performed for patients with no-option CLI in clinical practice. Several reports showed the safety and efficacy of the BM-MNC implantation in patients with CLI caused by arteriosclerosis obliterans, thromboangiitis obliterans (TAO), and collagen diseases. In particular, in patients with CLI caused by TAO, limb salvage rate was significantly improved compared with standard treatments. The BM-MNC implantation may be feasible and safe in patients with no-option CLI. Here, we review the efficacy of BM-MNC implantation in no-option CLI, with a focus on therapeutic angiogenesis.
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