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ArticleRegenerative medicine2025

Adipose derived stem cell activation by macrophages and tendon fibroblasts.

Astia Innis, Ismael Bousso, David Aaron Roberts, Brittany Paige Marshall, Lee Song, Stavros Thomopoulos

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Article in Regenerative medicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. The Role of Phagocytic Cells in the Achilles Tendon.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Astia InnisDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Ismael BoussoDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
David Aaron RobertsDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Brittany Paige MarshallDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Lee SongDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.
Stavros ThomopoulosDepartment of Orthopedic Surgery, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

Funding

Enhanced Tendon Healing Through Growth Factor and Cell TherapiesR01AR062947 · NIAMS · WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY · PI GELBERMAN, RICHARD H, THOMOPOULOS, STAVROS · 2012 to 2022
$5.5M
Biomimetic approaches for enthesis tissue engineeringR01AR080924 · NIAMS · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Stavros Thomopoulos, YOUNAN XIA · 2023 to 2026
$1.9M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR062947NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR080924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

aimsTendon injuries are common, and healing often fails due to an over-exuberant inflammatory response and a lack of regeneration. Inflammatory cells play key roles in these processes, with a balance between classically activated pro-inflammatory M1 macrophages and alternatively activated inflammatory resolving M2 macrophages. Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) can dampen the pro-inflammatory effectsof macrophages, promote a regenerative environment, and enhance healing. Therefore, the goal of the study was to understand how ASCs are activated by macrophages

methods

resultsM1 macrophages prompted ASCs to upregulate pro-inflammatory signaling, matrix remodeling, and cytokine production pathways, while downregulating those related to cell adhesion and cell cycle. Conversely, TFs prompted ASCs to upregulate pathways involved in cell cycle and cytoskeleton remodeling, and to downregulate pathways associated with immune cell adhesion, inflammatory mediator production, and protein metabolism.

conclusionsThe cell-specific activation profiles indicate a possible switch in ASC paracrine signaling depending on the context, from a pro-inflammatory pattern in response to M1 macrophages to a proliferative pattern in response to TFs. Understanding crosstalk between ASCs, TFs, and macrophages is essential for developing stem cell-based therapeutic strategies.

Indexed as

Adipose TissueFibroblastsMacrophagesMesenchymal Stem CellsTendonsAnimalsCoculture TechniquesHumanscrosstalkimmune responseMesenchymal stem cellregenerationtendinopathy

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PMID40415332
PMCPMC12506918

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