ArticleThe Journal of investigative dermatology2014
TSG-6 released from intradermally injected mesenchymal stem cells accelerates wound healing and reduces tissue fibrosis in murine full-thickness skin wounds.
Article in The Journal of investigative dermatology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 138 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
138 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 249 citations in OpenAlex.
- The molecular mechanisms of action of PPAR-γ agonists in the treatment of corneal alkali burns (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2016Pooled it
- Immune cells in keloids: mechanisms and potential treatments.Annals of medicine · 2026Review
- A Mathematical Model of Wound Healing Incorporating Strain-Induced MSC Differentiation.Annals of biomedical engineering · 2026Article
- Temporal dynamics of ADSC therapy in skin fibrosis: unraveling the roles of ROS/NF-κB/TSG-6 signaling axis.Stem cell research & therapy · 2025Article
- Engineering strategies to enhance the research progress of mesenchymal stem cells in wound healing.Stem cell research & therapy · 2025Review
- Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Exosome miR-153-3 Induced M2-Type Polarization of Macrophages to Improve the Healing Effect of Burn Wounds.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2025Article
- Exogenous TSG-6 treatment alleviates DSS-induced colitis in mice by modulating Pou2f3 and promoting tuft cells differentiation.Molecular medicine (Cambridge, Mass.) · 2025Article
- Preclinical study of engineering MSCs promoting diabetic wound healing and other inflammatory diseases through M2 polarization.Stem cell research & therapy · 2025Article
- Application of novel strategies in chronic wound management with focusing on pressure ulcers: new perspective.Archives of dermatological research · 2025Review
- ApoBDs: a paradigm shift from cellular debris to therapeutic vehicles.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2025Review
- TGF-β expressed by M2 macrophages promotes wound healing by inhibiting TSG-6 expression by mesenchymal stem cells.PloS one · 2025Article
- TSG-6 promotes healing of critical-sized bone defects in mice.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- TSG-6 expression distinguishes rejected and non-rejected human lung transplants: a retrospective study.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Identification and validation of up-regulated TNFAIP6 in osteoarthritis with type 2 diabetes mellitus.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- TGFβ family signaling in human stem cell self-renewal and differentiation.Cell regeneration (London, England) · 2024Review
- Brain Ischemic Tolerance Triggered by Preconditioning Involves Modulation of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α-Stimulated Gene 6 (TSG-6) in Mice Subjected to Transient Middle Cerebral Artery Occlusion.Current issues in molecular biology · 2024Article
- The Myofibroblast Fate of Therapeutic Mesenchymal Stromal Cells: Regeneration, Repair, or Despair?International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- TSG-6 Is Involved in Fibrous Structural Remodeling after the Injection of Adipose-derived Stem Cells.Plastic and reconstructive surgery. Global open · 2024Article
- TGF-β1 induces formation of TSG-6-enriched extracellular vesicles in fibroblasts which can prevent myofibroblast transformation by modulating Erk1/2 phosphorylation.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The Role and Prospects of Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Skin Repair and Regeneration.Biomedicines · 2024Review
78 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
17 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Proper activation of macrophages (Mφ) in the inflammatory phase of acute wound healing is essential for physiological tissue repair. However, there is a strong indication that robust Mφ inflammatory responses may be causal for the fibrotic response always accompanying adult wound healing. Using a complementary approach of in vitro and in vivo studies, we here addressed the question of whether mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)-due to their anti-inflammatory properties-would control Mφ activation and tissue fibrosis in a murine model of full-thickness skin wounds. We have shown that the tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α)-stimulated protein 6 (TSG-6) released from MSCs in co-culture with activated Mφ or following injection into wound margins suppressed the release of TNF-α from activated Mφ and concomitantly induced a switch from a high to an anti-fibrotic low transforming growth factor-β1 (TGF-β1)/TGF-β3 ratio. This study provides insight into what we believe to be a previously undescribed multifaceted role of MSC-released TSG-6 in wound healing. MSC-released TSG-6 was identified to improve wound healing by limiting Mφ activation, inflammation, and fibrosis. TSG-6 and MSC-based therapies may thus qualify as promising strategies to enhance tissue repair and to prevent excessive tissue fibrosis.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.