The role of the immune microenvironment in bone, cartilage, and soft tissue regeneration: from mechanism to therapeutic opportunity

Y Xiong, BB Mi, Z Lin, YQ Hu, L Yu, KK Zha… - Military Medical …, 2022 - Springer
Bone, cartilage, and soft tissue regeneration is a complex spatiotemporal process recruiting
a variety of cell types, whose activity and interplay must be precisely mediated for effective …

Immune modulation by mesenchymal stem cells

W Jiang, J Xu - Cell proliferation, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) can be derived from various adult tissues with multipotent
and self‐renewal abilities. The characteristics of presenting no major ethical concerns …

Mechanisms underlying the protective effects of mesenchymal stem cell-based therapy

XL Fan, Y Zhang, X Li, QL Fu - Cellular and molecular life sciences, 2020 - Springer
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been extensively investigated for the treatment of
various diseases. The therapeutic potential of MSCs is attributed to complex cellular and …

Immunomodulation by mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs): mechanisms of action of living, apoptotic, and dead MSCs

ARR Weiss, MH Dahlke - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Expectations on mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) treatment are high, especially in the fields of
sepsis, transplant medicine, and autoimmune diseases. Various pre-clinical studies have …

Concise review: mesenchymal stem cells: from roots to boost

A Andrzejewska, B Lukomska, M Janowski - Stem cells, 2019 - academic.oup.com
It was shown as long as half a century ago that bone marrow is a source of not only
hematopoietic stem cells, but also stem cells of mesenchymal tissues. Then the term …

Immunoregulatory mechanisms of mesenchymal stem and stromal cells in inflammatory diseases

Y Shi, Y Wang, Q Li, K Liu, J Hou, C Shao… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs; also referred to as mesenchymal stromal cells) have
attracted much attention for their ability to regulate inflammatory processes. Their therapeutic …

Mesenchymal stromal cell therapies: immunomodulatory properties and clinical progress

X Wu, J Jiang, Z Gu, J Zhang, Y Chen, X Liu - Stem cell research & …, 2020 - Springer
Mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) are a subset of heterogeneous non-hematopoietic
fibroblast-like cells that can differentiate into cells of multiple lineages, such as …

Biological functions of mesenchymal stem cells and clinical implications

A Naji, M Eitoku, B Favier, F Deschaseaux… - Cellular and Molecular …, 2019 - Springer
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are isolated from multiple biological tissues—adult bone
marrow and adipose tissues and neonatal tissues such as umbilical cord and placenta. In …

Immunomodulatory and regenerative effects of mesenchymal stem cells and extracellular vesicles: therapeutic outlook for inflammatory and degenerative diseases

S Dabrowska, A Andrzejewska, M Janowski… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are non-hematopoietic, multipotent stem cells derived from
mesoderm, which can be easily isolated from many sources such as bone marrow, umbilical …

Influence of the tumor microenvironment on NK cell function in solid tumors

O Melaiu, V Lucarini, L Cifaldi, D Fruci - Frontiers in immunology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Natural killer (NK) cells are a population of innate lymphoid cells playing a pivotal role in
host immune responses against infection and tumor growth. These cells have a powerful …