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ArticleCells2021

Senescence-Associated Secretory Phenotype Suppression Mediated by Small-Sized Mesenchymal Stem Cells Delays Cellular Senescence through TLR2 and TLR5 Signaling.

Ji Hye Kwon, Miyeon Kim, Soyoun Um, Hyang Ju Lee, Yun Kyung Bae, Soo Jin Choi, Hyun Ho Hwang, Wonil Oh, Hye Jin Jin

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 18 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Ji Hye KwonBiomedical Research Institute, MEDIPOST Co., Ltd., Seongnam 13494, Korea.
Miyeon KimBiomedical Research Institute, MEDIPOST Co., Ltd., Seongnam 13494, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-0497-8148
Soyoun UmBiomedical Research Institute, MEDIPOST Co., Ltd., Seongnam 13494, Korea.ORCID 0000-0003-0034-114X
Hyang Ju LeeBiomedical Research Institute, MEDIPOST Co., Ltd., Seongnam 13494, Korea.
Yun Kyung BaeBiomedical Research Institute, MEDIPOST Co., Ltd., Seongnam 13494, Korea.
Soo Jin ChoiBiomedical Research Institute, MEDIPOST Co., Ltd., Seongnam 13494, Korea.
Hyun Ho HwangKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Thuwal 47000, Makkah Province, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0011-7845
Wonil OhBiomedical Research Institute, MEDIPOST Co., Ltd., Seongnam 13494, Korea.
Hye Jin JinBiomedical Research Institute, MEDIPOST Co., Ltd., Seongnam 13494, Korea.
Medipost (South Korea) · KRKing Abdullah University of Science and Technology · SA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In order to provide a sufficient number of cells for clinical use, mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) must be cultured for long-term expansion, which inevitably triggers cellular senescence. Although the small size of MSCs is known as a critical determinant of their fate, the main regulators of stem cell senescence and the underlying signaling have not been addressed. Umbilical cord blood-derived MSCs (UCB-MSCs) were obtained using size-isolation methods and then cultured with control or small cells to investigate the major factors that modulate MSC senescence. Cytokine array data suggested that the secretion of interukin-8 (IL-8) or growth-regulated oncogene-alpha (GROa) by senescent cells was markedly inhibited during incubation of small cells along with suppression of cognate receptor (C-X-C motif chemokine receptor2, CXCR2) via blockade of the autocrine/paracrine positive loop. Moreover, signaling via toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2) and TLR5, both pattern recognition receptors, drove cellular senescence of MSCs, but was inhibited in small cells. The activation of TLRs (2 and 5) through ligand treatment induced a senescent phenotype in small cells. Collectively, our data suggest that small cell from UCB-MSCs exhibit delayed cellular senescence by inhibiting the process of TLR signaling-mediated senescence-associated secretory phenotype (SASP) activation.

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Cell SizeCellular SenescenceSignal TransductionAutocrine CommunicationChemokine CXCL1Fetal BloodHumansInfant, NewbornInflammation MediatorsInterleukin-8Mesenchymal Stem CellsPhenotypeReceptors, Interleukin-8BToll-Like Receptor 2Toll-Like Receptor 5Chemokine CXCL1Inflammation MediatorsInterleukin-8Receptors, Interleukin-8BToll-Like Receptor 2Toll-Like Receptor 5cell-based therapyC-X-C motif chemokine receptor 2growth-regulated oncogene-alphainterukin-8mesenchymal stem cell senescencesenescence-associated secretory phenotypesmall celltoll-like receptor 2toll-like receptor 5

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PMID33401590
PMCPMC7824096
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