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Table 1 Characteristics of animal experiments

From: Stem cell therapy for Crohn’s disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of preclinical and clinical studies

First author

Year

Location

Animal (sex, strain, weight)

Number of each group

Modeling method

Modeling duration

Type and source of MSC

Way of MSC administrated

Times of treatment

Dose of MSC

Parameter

Forte; 2015 [16]

Italy

Male, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 4) DSS + MSC (n = 4)

DSS (1.5%)

9

hASC

Irrigation

3

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

DAI, HS

Chao; 2016 [17]

China

Male, BALB/c mice, NA

TNBS + 50% ethanol + MSC (n = 20)

TNBS + 50% ethanol (n = 20)

TNBS (5%)

8

hUC-MSC

Intraperitoneal injection

1

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

HS, MPO activity

Gao; 2020 [18]

China

Male, Wistar rat, 150–200 g

TNBS + 50% ethanol + MSC (n = 8)

TNBS + 50% ethanol (n = 8)

TNBS (2%)

8

rASC

Tail vein injection

1

1 × 107 cells/mouse/time

DAI, colon length

Nam; 2015 [19]

South Korea

Female, C57BL/6, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 10)

DSS + MSC (n = 10)

DSS (3.5%)

7

mBM-MSC

Intraperitoneal injection

1

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

DAI

Yang; 2018 [20]

China

Female, C57 mice, 19–21 g

DSS + PBS (n = 10)

DSS + MSC (n = 10)

DSS (1.5%)

6

hUC-MSC

Intraperitoneal injection

2

2 × 106 cells/mouse/time

DAI, HS

Gonzalez-Rey; 2008 [21]

Spain

NA, C57BI/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 14)

DSS + MSC (n = 14)

DSS (5%)

DSS (3%)

7

34

hASC

Intraperitoneal injection

1

2

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

DAI, colon length, HS, MPO activity

Lin; 2015 [22]

China

Male, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 10)

DSS + MSC (n = 10)

DSS (5%)

7

hUC-MSC

Intraperitoneal injection

1

2 × 106 cells/mouse/time

DAI, colon length, MPO activity

Banerjee; 2015 [23]

Italy

Male, NOD.CB17-Prkdcscid/J mice, 18–25 g

DSS + PBS (n = 5)

DSS + MSC (n = 5)

DSS (3.5%)

7

hUC-MSC

Tail vein injection

1

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

DAI, colon length, HS, MPO activity

Song; 2018 [24]

South Korea

Male, C57BL/6 J mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 6)

DSS + MSC (n = 6)

DSS (3%)

7

cAT-MSC

Intraperitoneal injection

1

2 × 106 cells/mouse/time

DAI, colon length, HS

Lim; 2021 [25]

South Korea

Female, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 4)

DSS + MSC (n = 4)

DSS (2.5%)

9

mBM-MSC

Intraperitoneal injection

1

3 × 106 cells/mouse/time

DAI, colon length

Miyamoto; 2017 [26]

Japan

Male, Sprague–Dawley rats, NA

TNBS + 30% ethanol + MSC

(n = 9)

TNBS + 30% ethanol + PBS

(n = 9)

TNBS (45 mg/kg)

7

hAMSC

Penile vein injection

1

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

HS

Ikarashi; 2017 [27]

Japan

Male, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 7)

DSS + MSC (n = 16)

DSS (2.5%)

7

hASC

hUC-MSC

Intravenous injection

1

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

DAI, colon length, HS

Li; 2020 [28]

China

Female, C57BL/6 mice, 18-22 g

DSS + PBS (n = 12)

DSS + MSC (n = 12)

DSS (3%)

8

24

hUC-MSC

Intraperitoneal injection

2

4

2 × 106 cells/mouse/time

DAI, MPO activity, colon length, HS

Lee; 2016 [29]

South Korea

Female, C57BL/6 mice, 17-21 g

DSS + PBS (n = 5)

DSS + MSC (n = 5)

DSS (3%)

30

mBM-MSC

Intravenous injection

3

1 × 107 cells/mouse/time

Colon length, HS

Jo; 2019 [30]

South Korea

Female, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 5)

DSS + MSC (n = 5)

DSS (3%)

20

mBM-MSC

Intraperitoneal injection

2

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

Colon length, HS

Heidari; 2018 [31]

Iran

Female, C57BL/6 mice, 18–22 g

DSS + PBS (n = 5)

DSS + MSC (n = 5)

DSS (2%)

33

mASC

Intraperitoneal injection

2

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

DAI, colon length, HS

Kawata; 2019 [32]

Japan

Male, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 5)

DSS + MSC (n = 7)

DSS (2.5%)

7

hASC

Intravenous injection

1

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

DAI, colon length, HS

Yu; 2017 [33]

South Korea

Male, C57BL/6 mice, 18–25 g

DSS + PBS (n = 9)

DSS + MSC (n = 18)

DSS (1.5%)

30

hTMSC

Intraperitoneal injection

2

4

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

Colon length

Lu; 2019 [34]

China

NA, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 6)

DSS + MSC (n = 6)

DSS (3%)

26

hGMSC

Tail vein injection

1

NA

Colon length

Tanaka; 2010 [35]

Japan

NA, Lewis rat, 180–220 g

DSS + PBS (n = 10)

DSS + MSC (n = 10)

DSS (4%)

7

rBM-MSC

Tail vein injection

3

2 × 104 cells/g/time

(the second and third injection)

2 × 103 cells/g/time

(the first injection)

HS

Molendijk; 2016 [36]

The Netherlands

Female, C57BL/6Jico mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 7)

DSS + MSC (n = 21)

DSS (1.25%)

7

mBM-MSC

Local injection

1

0.5 × 106 cells/mouse/time

2 × 106 cells/mouse/time

Colon length

Liang; 2011 [37]

China

Male, BALB/c mice, 20 g

TNBS + 50% ethanol + MSC (n = 6)

TNBS + 50% ethanol (n = 6)

TNBS (100 mg/kg)

5

hUC-MSC

Intravenous injection

2

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

HS, MPO activity

Fuenzali; 2016 [38]

Chile

Female, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 7)

DSS + MSC (n = 7)

DSS (2.5%)

7

hUC-MSC

Intraperitoneal injection

2

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

Colon length

Li; 2013 [39]

China

NA, C57Bl/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 8)

DSS + MSC (n = 16)

DSS (4%)

7

hUC-MSC

hBM-MSC

Intraperitoneal injection

1

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

HS, colon length, MPO activity

Tanaka; 2008 [40]

Japan

Male, Lewis rats, approximately 200 g

DSS + PBS (n = 5)

DSS + MSC (n = 5)

DSS (4%)

7

rBM-MSC

Tail vein injection

1

5 × 106 cells/mouse/time

Colon length

Nikolic; 2018 [41]

Serbia

NA, C57BL/6 mice, 19–21 g

DSS + PBS (n = 35)

DSS + MSC (n = 35)

DSS (3%)

7

mBM-MSC

Tail vein injection

3

2 × 106 cells/mouse/time

HS, colon length

Nan; 2018 [42]

China

Male, Sprague–Dawley rats, 160–180 g

TNBS + 50% ethanol + MSC (n = 8)

TNBS + 50% ethanol (n = 8)

TNBS (NA)

7

rBM-MSC

Tail vein injection

1

5 × 106 cells/mouse/time

Colon length, HS

Xie; 2017 [43]

China

NA, BALB/c mice, NA

TNBS + 50% ethanol + MSC (n = 30)

TNBS + 50% ethanol (n = 15)

TNBS (3%)

3

mBM-MSC

mASC

Intraperitoneal injection

1

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time

HS

  1. DSS, dextran sodium sulfate; TNBS, trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid; MSC, mesenchymal stem cell; PBS, phosphate buffer saline; hUC-MSC, human umbilical cord MSC; mBM-MSC, murine bone marrow MSC; rBM-MSC, rat bone marrow MSC; hBM-MSC, human bone marrow MSC; hASC, human adipose-derived MSC; mASC, murine adipose-derived MSC; rASC, rat adipose-derived MSC; hTMSC, human tonsil-derived mesenchymal stem cell; hGMSC, human gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cell; hAMSC, human amnion-derived MSC; cAT-MSC, canine adipose tissue-derived MSC; DAI, disease activity index; HS, histopathological score; MPO, activity myeloperoxidase activity; NA, not available