Influence of olive oil and its components on mesenchymal stem cell biology

Figure 1 Effects of extra virgin olive oil on health and mesenchymal stem cells. Consumption of extra virgin olive oil has relevant health benefits, preventing cardiovascular and neurological pathologies, diabetes, and some types of cancer, and attenuating degenerative processes associated with aging, like osteoporosis, among others. Some of these healthy properties may be due to the modulation of biochemical pathways and positive effects of the constituents of this food on MSC populations. All that may have positive consequences for other cells, tissues, organs, and the whole organism. MSCs: Mesenchymal stem cells.