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ArticleStem cell research & therapy2020

Characterization of the immunomodulatory properties of alveolar bone-derived mesenchymal stem cells.

Chen Cao, Susan Tarlé, Darnell Kaigler

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Article in Stem cell research & therapy, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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30 citing papers in PubMed, 50 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chen CaoDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, 1011 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Susan TarléDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, 1011 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA.
Darnell KaiglerDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, 1011 N. University, Ann Arbor, MI, 48109, USA. dkaigler@umich.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3728-4310
University of Michigan · US

Funding

Customized craniofacial stem cell therapy for craniofacial bone defectsR56DE025097 · NIDCR · UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN AT ANN ARBOR · PI KAIGLER, DARNELL · 2015 to 2016
$739k
NIDCR NIH HHS R56DE025097
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundRecently, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been shown to have immunomodulatory properties which hold promise for their clinical use to treat inflammatory conditions. Relative to bone marrow-derived MSCs (BMSCs), which are typically isolated from the iliac crest, we have recently demonstrated that MSCs can be predictably isolated from the alveolar bone (aBMSCs) by less invasive means. As such, the aim of this study was to characterize the immunomodulatory properties of aBMSCs relative to BMSCs.

methodsaBMSCs isolated from the human alveolar bone and BMSCs isolated from the human bone marrow of the iliac crest were cultured in the same conditions. Cytokine arrays and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) of a conditioned medium were used to evaluate differences in the secretion of cytokines. In different functional assays, aBMSCs and BMSCs were cocultured with different types of immune cells including THP-1 monocytes, macrophages, and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) to evaluate their effects on important immune cell functions including proliferation, differentiation, and activation.

resultsThe protein arrays identified interleukin (IL)-6 and monocyte chemoattractant protein (MCP)-1 to be the major cytokines secreted by aBMSCs and BMSCs. ELISA determined that aBMSCs secreted 268.64 ± 46.96 pg/mL of IL-6 and 196.14 ± 97.31 pg/mL of MCP-1 per microgram of DNA, while BMSCs secreted 774.86 ± 414.29 pg/mL of IL-6 and 856.37 ± 433.03 pg/mL of MCP-1 per microgram of DNA. The results of the coculture studies showed that aBMSCs exhibited immunosuppressive effects on monocyte activation and T cell activation and proliferation similar to BMSCs. Both aBMSCs and BMSCs drove macrophages into an anti-inflammatory phenotype with increased phagocytic ability. Taken together, these data suggest that aBMSCs have potent immunomodulatory properties comparable to those of BMSCs.

conclusionsThe findings of this study have important implications for the development of immunomodulatory stem cell therapies aimed to treat inflammatory conditions using aBMSCs, a more feasible tissue source of MSCs.

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Mesenchymal Stem CellsBone Marrow CellsCell DifferentiationCells, CulturedCoculture TechniquesHumansImmunomodulationLeukocytes, MononuclearCell therapyIL-6ImmunomodulationMCP-1Mesenchymal stem cellStem cells

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