Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2015, Vol. 19 ›› Issue (45): 7362-7368.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2015.45.026

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Mesenchymal stem cells in the inflammatory immunomodulation 

Zheng Sheng1, Yang Juan1, Tang Ying-mei2   

  1. 1Department of Digestive Diseases, the Third People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650011, Yunnan Province, China; 2Center of Liver Diseases, the Second Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Center of Diagnosis and Treatment for Liver Diseases in Yunnan Province, Kunming 650000, Yunnan Province, China
  • Received:2015-10-04 Online:2015-11-05 Published:2015-11-05
  • Contact: Yang Juan, Master, Attending physician, Department of Digestive Diseases, the Third People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650011, Yunnan Province, China
  • About author:Zheng Sheng, Master, Attending physician, Department of Digestive Diseases, the Third People’s Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming 650011, Yunnan Province, China
  • Supported by:

    the National Natural Science Foundation of China, No. 81360072; the Natural Science Foundation of Yunnan Province, No. 2012FD095; the Key Research Fund of Department of Education for Yunnan Province, No. 2014Z125; the Key Clinical Construction Project of Yunnan Province, No. 2015(18)

Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Studies have shown that the main functions of mesenchymal stem cells include direct participation in wound healing, growth factor secretion, promoting angiogenesis, immune regulation and inflammation, anti-oxidative stress, which can be used to treat a variety of acute and chronic diseases.
OBJECTIVE: To review advances in mesenchymal stem cells in the inflammatory immunomodulation.
METHODS: A computer-based search of Wanfang, CNKI and PubMed databases was performed for articles concerning advances in mesenchymal stem cells in the inflammatory immunomodulation published from January 2005 to August 2015. The search terms were “stem cells, mesenchymal stem cells, immune regulation, inflammation, immune cells, inflammatory factors, treatment” in Chinese and English, respectively. Finally, 40 articles were included in result analysis.
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Because of their immunomodulation and muti-directional differentiation, mesenchymal stem cells garner increasing attentions. In addition, mesenchymal stem cells can be harvested from different tissues and have good in vitro amplification capability, which have a broad prospect in the clinical use, including tissue repair and anti-inflammation. As the most promising cells used clinically, mesenchymal stem cells show their superiority in the treatment of many diseases, especially in inflammations induced by immune modulation imbalance. We believe that mesenchymal stem cells will play an important role in the future cell biotherapy.

Key words: Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation, Immunomodulation, Inflammasomes, Tissue Engineering