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Table 1 Immunomodulatory effects of MSC/MSC-EVs for the attenuation of inflammatory diseases

From: Immunomodulatory effects of mesenchymal stem cells in peripheral nerve injury

Disease model

Animal for In Vivo study

MSC source

Effects on immune cells

Effects on cytokines

Signaling pathway/related exosomal cargo

Ref. No

Arthritis

In vitro

BMSCs,BMSCs-Exos

CD8 or CD4 T lymphocytes↓, B lymphocytes↑

IFN-γ,TNF-α↓; IL-10↑

[99]

IBD

Mouse

OE-MSCs-Exos

the differentiation of Th1 and Th17 cells↓, Treg cells↑

IL-17, IFN-γ↓; TGF-β, IL-10↑

[100]

hP-MSCs-EVs

IL-10, TGF-β↑; TNF-α, IL-1β, IFN-γ and IL-6 ↓

[101]

MuSCs

M2 macrophages↑,macrophages infiltration↓

IL-6,IL-1β↓

[102]

IUAs

Rat

UC-MSC-derived exosomes

M2 macrophage↑

IL-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α↓; IL-10, TGF-β↑

[103]

Liver disease

Mouse

hUC-MSCs

CD4 and CD8 T cells↓

IFN-γ↓

[104]

ALI

Mouse

UC-MSCs

M2 macrophage↑

M1 macrophage↓

TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6↓

[105]

EAE

Mouse

BMSCs

T cells↓

STAT1,STAT3,mTOR

[106]

hUCMSC-EV

the leukocyte infiltration↓,Tregs↑

IL-17a, TNF-α, and IFN-γ↓; IL-4, IL-10↑

[107]

Lung injury and fibrosis

Mouse, monkeys

hESCs

TNF-α, TGF-β1, IL-6, IL-1β, GRO-α, IL-1α, IL-3 and IL-8↓

[108]

Wound healing

Mouse

BMSCs

M2 polarization↑

IL-10↑; TNF-α↓

miR-223

[109]

Skin defect

Mouse

hBMSCs

M2 macrophages↑

miR-150-5p

[110]

IVD

Bovine

hBMSCs

IL-6, IL-8 and TNF-α ↓

[111]

Renal injury

Mouse

BMSC-exos

infiltration of of macrophages↓

TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β↓

CCL2

[112]

Renal Diseases

Rat

hUCMSC-Ex

TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β↓

mTOR

[113]

cGVHD

Mouse

BMSC-exos

Th17 cells, CD4 + T cells↓, Tregs↑

IL-17, IL-17a, IL-21, IL-22 and IL-2↓; IL-10↑

[114]

aGVHD

Mouse

BMSC-exos

CD8αDCs, CD11b cDCs↑; CD8, CD3CD4 T cells↓

IL-2, TNF-α and IFN-γ↓; IL-10↑

[115]

Heart allograft rejection

Rat

IDO-BMSCs

Tregs↑, DC↓

IL-10, TGF-β1, TGF-β2 and TGF-β3↑; IL-2, IFN-γ↓

[116]

CIA

Rat

hUCMSCs

T lymphocytes (proliferation↓, apoptosis ↑), Th17 cell↓, Tregs↑

IL-17, TGF-β↓

RORγt mRNA,Foxp3 mRNA

[117]

Mouse

hADMSCs

Tregs↑,the proliferation of T cells↓

TNF-α, IL-1β and IL-6↓; IL-10↑

[80]

Rat

hUCMSC-sEVs

Th17 cell↓, T lymphocyte proliferation↓, Tregs↑

IL-17↓; IL-10, TGF-β ↑

[95]

PNI

Rat(MRI, LPS and FK506)

GFP-BMSCs

M1,TLR4↓

TNF-α, IL-6↓; BDNF, GDNF↑

[118]

PSNL

Rat(LPS)

BMSCs

IL-1β, TNF-α↓

[119]

CCI

Rat(PMF)

ADMSCs

IL-6, IL-1β↓; IL-10↑

[120]

Diabetic

Rat

DPSCs

CD206↑, CD68‐positive monocytes/macrophages↓

TNF-α, IL-1β↓; IL-10↑

[121]

CCI and SNI

Mouse(TGF-β1)

BMSCS

Il-1β, IL-6 and TNF-α↓; TGF-β1↑

[31]

Nerve injury-induced pain

Rat

UCMSC -exos

TNF-α, IL-1β↓

[122]

Dysphagia

Rat

hDPSCs

M2 macrophages↑

iNOS, IL-1β↓

[123]

TBI

Rat

MSCs

M1 macrophage↓, M2 macrophages↑

IL-10↑; IL-1β, IL-6, IL-17, IFN-γ and TNF-α↓

NF-κB

[124]

DAH

Mouse

hUCMSC-Ex

M1 macrophage↓, M2 macrophages↑

IL-6, TNF-α↓; IL-10, TGF-β↑

[125]

Skeletal muscle contusion

Mouse and in vitro

hBMSC-exos

M1 macrophages ↓, M2 macrophages↑

IL-6, TNF-α↓; IL-10,TGF-β↑

[126]

SCI

Mouse

hUCMSCs

M2 macrophages↑

IL-7, IFN-γ, and TNF-α↓; IL-4, IL-13↑

[127]

PF

Mouse

hUCMSCs

Tregs↑

CXCL9, CXCL10↑

[128]

  1. Effect of MSCs on cytokines and immune cells when treating different diseases. BMSCs: bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells; OE-MSCs: Olfactory ecto-mesenchymal stem cells; IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; IUAs: intrauterine adhesions; UC-MSC: umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell; ALI: acute lung injury; EAE: experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; hESCs: human embryonic stem cells; hP-MSCs-EVs: human placental mesenchymal stem cells-derived EVs; hUCMSC-Ex: human umbilical cord MSC-derived exosomes; cGVHD: chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease; aGVHD: acute graft-versus-host disease; cDCs: the CD8α conventional dendritic cells; IDO-BMSCs: BMSCs which stably expressed IDO; CIA: collagen-induced arthritis; NCI: nerve crush injury: MRI: magnetic resonance imaging; PSNL: partial sciatic nerve ligation; CCI: chronic constriction nerve injury model; ADMSC: adipose tissue derived mesenchymal stem cells; PMF: pulsed magnetic field; DPSCs: Dental pulp-derived stem cells; SNI: spared nerve injury; TBI: traumatic brain injury; DAH: diffuse alveolar hemorrhage; MuSCs: muscle stem cells; SCI: spinal cord injury; hUCSC-EV: Human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles; EAE: experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis; PF: Pulmonary fibrosis; RA: Rheumatoid arthritis; hUCMSC-sEVs: hUCMSC-derived small extracellular vesicles (sEVs)