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Table 1 General characteristics of preclinical studies investigating the efficacy of MSC therapy in models of PF

From: Mesenchymal stem cell therapy in pulmonary fibrosis: a meta-analysis of preclinical studies

Author (year)

Country

Species, strain, gender

No. of treated animals

No. of controls

PF model

MSC source

MSC dose

MSC route

Transplant type

Time of MSC therapy after PF

Follow-up (days)

Li et al. (2017) [43]

China

Mouse C57BL/6, M

5

5

Radiation

BMSC

2.0 × 106

iv

Allograft

2 h

42 d

Xia et al. A (2015) [44]

China

Mouse, NR, NR

25

25

Radiation

BMSC

1.0 × 103

iv

Xenograft

1 d

28 d

Xia et al. B (2015)

China

Mouse, NR, NR

25

25

Radiation

BMSC

5.0 × 103

iv

Xenograft

1 d

28 d

Xia et al. C (2015)

China

Mouse, NR, NR

25

25

Radiation

BMSC

1.0 × 104

iv

Xenograft

1 d

28 d

Guo et al. (2018) [23]

China

Tree shrews, NR, F

20

20

Radiation

UCMSC

3.0 × 107

iv

Allograft

1 h, 7 d, 14 d, 21 d

28 d

F. Cahill et al. A (2016) [45]

Ireland

Mouse C57BL/6, F

5

5

BLM

BMSC

5.0 × 104

iv

Allograft

6–8 h

28 d

F. Cahill et al. B (2016)

Ireland

Mouse C57BL/6, F

5

5

BLM

BMSC

5.0 × 104

iv

Allograft

9 d

28 d

Zhang et al. (2018) [24]

China

Rat, SD, M

6

6

Silica

BMSC

2.0 × 106

iv

Allograft

28 d

28 d

He et al. (2020) [19]

China

Rat, SD, M/F

22

20

PQ

AMSC

2.0 × 106

iv

Xenograft

6 h

21 d

Moroncini et al. (2018) [46]

Italy

Mouse C57BL/6, F

8

8

BLM

UCMSC

2.5 ×  105

iv

Xenograft

1 d, 7 d

21 d

Chen et al. (2019) [10]

China

Mouse C57BL/6, M

10

10

PQ

BMSC

2.0 × 106

iv

Allograft

7 d

14 d

Tashiro et al. (2015) [47]

USA

Mouse C57BL/6, M

5

12

BLM

ADMSC

5.0 × 105

iv

Allograft

1 d

21 d

Ai et al. (2019) [48]

China

Mouse C57BL/6, M

10

10

BLM

ADMSC

5.0 × 106

iv

Allograft

1 d

14 d

Zhang et al. (2019) [20]

China

Rat, SD, M

10

10

PQ

BMSC

3.0 × 106

ip

Allograft

1 h

1 d

M. Kumamoto et al. (2009) [49]

Japan

Mouse C57BL/6, F

20

25

BLM

BMSC

5.0 × 106

iv

Allograft

3 d

10 d

Reddy et al. (2016) [50]

India

Mouse Swiss-albino, M

10

10

BLM

ADMSC

4.0 × 107

iv

Xenograft

3 d, 6 d, 9 d

21 d

Rojas et al. (2005) [51]

USA

Mouse C57BL/6, NR

5

6

BLM

BMSC

5.0 × 106

iv

Allograft

6 h

14 d

Wang et al. (2012) [40]

China

Mouse BALB/c, M

6

6

BLM

EMSC

2.0 × 105

iv

Xenograft

1 d

14 d

Lee et al. (2014) [31]

Korea

Mouse C57BL/6, M

10

20

BLM

ADMSC

3.0 × 105

ip

Xenograft

60 d

60 d

Chen et al. (2018) [52]

China

Rat, SD, M

5

5

Silica

ADMSC

5.0 × 105

iv

Allograft

1 d

28 d

Lee et al. (2010) [53]

Korea

Rat, SD, F

10

10

BLM

BMSC

1.0 × 107

iv

Allograft

4 d

28 d

Periera-simon et al. (2020) [21]

USA

Mouse C57BL/6, NR

15

15

BLM

ADMSC

5.0 × 105

iv

Xenograft

1 d

21 d

Aguilar et al. (2009) [22]

UK

Mouse C57BL/6, M

6

6

BLM

BMSC

5.0 × 106 (1 d, 3 d)

iv

Allograft

8 h

14 d

Chen et al. (2020) [54]

China

Mouse C57BL/6, M

5

5

BLM

MenSC

5.0 × 105

iv

Xenograft

2 d, 7 d

21 d

Lan et al. (2015) [38]

China

Mouse C57BL/6, F

6

6

BLM

BMSC

5.0 × 105

it

Allograft

3 d

21 d

Yuben et al. (2009) [55]

Australia

Mouse, SCID, NR

8

8

BLM

UCMSC

1.0 × 106

iv

Xenograft

1 d

28 d

Moodley et al. A (2013) [17]

Australia

Mouse C57BL/6, F

8

8

BLM

BMSC

1.0 × 106

iv

Xenograft

3 d

21 d

Moodley et al. B (2013)

Australia

Mouse C57BL/6, F

8

8

BLM

AMSC

1.0 × 106

iv

Xenograft

3 d

21 d

  1. PF pulmonary fibrosis, SD Sprague Dawley, M male, F female, NR not reported, MSC mesenchymal stem cell, BLM bleomycin, PQ paraquat, BMSC bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, UCMSC umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells, ADMSC adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells, EMSC human embryonic mesenchymal stem cells, AMSC amniotic mesenchymal stem cells, MenSC human menstrual blood–derived mesenchymal stem cells, iv intravenous, ip intraperitoneally, it intratracheally. Follow-up (days) suggests the observation time of outcomes after mesenchymal stem cell administration