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STEM CELLS INTERNATIONAL
Volume 2021, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
HINDAWI LTD
DOI: 10.1155/2021/8835156
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- Chinese University of Hong Kong, Research Committee Direct Grant for Research [2018.020]
- Hong Kong Government Research Grant Council, General Research Fund [14104620]
- MWLC Associate Member Programme, Ming Wai Lau Centre for Reparative Medicine of Karolinska Institute
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Studies have shown that anti-inflammatory macrophages (M2) have a greater potential in enhancing bone regeneration, and transplantation of MSCs can induce M1-to-M2 transition to facilitate bone regeneration in the skeletal microenvironment. This highlights the complexity between MSCs and macrophages in the evolving field of osteoimmunology, providing insights into the critical interaction for MSC-based therapy success.
Bone regeneration is a complex and well-coordinated process that involves crosstalk between immune cells and resident cells in the injury site. Transplantation of mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is a promising strategy to enhance bone regeneration. Growing evidence suggests that macrophages have a significant impact on osteogenesis during bone regeneration. However, the precise mechanisms by which macrophage subtypes influence bone regeneration and how MSCs communicate with macrophages have not yet been fully elucidated. In this systematic literature review, we gathered evidence regarding the crosstalk between MSCs and macrophages during bone regeneration. According to the PRISMA protocol, we extracted literature from PubMed and Embase databases by using mesenchymal stem cells and macrophages and bone regeneration as keywords. Thirty-three studies were selected for this review. MSCs isolated from both bone marrow and adipose tissue and both primary macrophages and macrophage cell lines were used in the selected studies. In conclusion, anti-inflammatory macrophages (M2) have significantly more potential to strengthen bone regeneration compared with naive (M0) and classically activated macrophages (M1). Transplantation of MSCs induced M1-to-M2 transition and transformed the skeletal microenvironment to facilitate bone regeneration in bone fracture and bone defect models. This review highlights the complexity between MSCs and macrophages, providing more insight into the polarized macrophage behavior in this evolving field of osteoimmunology. The results may serve as a useful reference for definite success in MSC-based therapy based on the critical interaction with macrophages.
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