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Review
. 2022 Oct 13:10:958669.
doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2022.958669. eCollection 2022.

Methods and criteria for validating the multimodal functions of perinatal derivatives when used in oncological and antimicrobial applications

Antonietta R Silini  1 , Taja Železnik Ramuta  2 , Ana Salomé Pires  3   4   5 , Asmita Banerjee  6 , Marie Dubus  7 , Florelle Gindraux  8 , Halima Kerdjoudj  7 , Justinas Maciulatis  9 , Adelheid Weidinger  6 , Susanne Wolbank  6 , Günther Eissner  10 , Bernd Giebel  11 , Michela Pozzobon  12 , Ornella Parolini  13   14 , Mateja Erdani Kreft  2
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Review

Methods and criteria for validating the multimodal functions of perinatal derivatives when used in oncological and antimicrobial applications

Antonietta R Silini et al. Front Bioeng Biotechnol. .

Abstract

Perinatal derivatives or PnDs refer to tissues, cells and secretomes from perinatal, or birth-associated tissues. In the past 2 decades PnDs have been highly investigated for their multimodal mechanisms of action that have been exploited in various disease settings, including in different cancers and infections. Indeed, there is growing evidence that PnDs possess anticancer and antimicrobial activities, but an urgent issue that needs to be addressed is the reproducible evaluation of efficacy, both in vitro and in vivo. Herein we present the most commonly used functional assays for the assessment of antitumor and antimicrobial properties of PnDs, and we discuss their advantages and disadvantages in assessing the functionality. This review is part of a quadrinomial series on functional assays for the validation of PnDs spanning biological functions such as immunomodulation, anticancer and antimicrobial, wound healing, and regeneration.

Keywords: biological assays; cancer; functional assays; infections; mechanisms of action; perinatal derivatives; pharmacologic actions; potency assays.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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