Mouse bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells induce macrophage M2 polarization through the nuclear factor-κB and signal transducer and activator of transcription 3 pathways

Mesenchymal stem cells ameliorate experimental peritoneal fibrosis by suppressing inflammation and inhibiting TGF-β1 signaling

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CD200R/CD200 Inhibits Osteoclastogenesis: New Mechanism of Osteoclast Control by Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Human

(2013) Audrey Varin et al.   PLoS One

Macrophages are involved in the protective role of human umbilical cord-derived stromal cells in renal ischemia–reperfusion injury

(2013) Wei Li et al.   Stem Cell Research

Mesenchymal stem cells relieve fibrosis of Schistosoma japonicum-induced mouse liver injury

(2012) Huijuan Xu et al.   EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE

Macrophage polarization and plasticity in health and disease

(2012) Subhra K. Biswas et al.   IMMUNOLOGIC RESEARCH

Macrophage plasticity and polarization: in vivo veritas

(2012) Antonio Sica et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Tissue Microenvironments Define and Get Reinforced by Macrophage Phenotypes in Homeostasis or during Inflammation, Repair and Fibrosis

(2012) Marc Weidenbusch et al.   Journal of Innate Immunity

Human Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells Cultured as Spheroids are Self-activated to Produce Prostaglandin E2 that Directs Stimulated Macrophages into an Anti-inflammatory Phenotype

(2012) Joni H. YlÖstalo et al.   STEM CELLS

How mesenchymal stem cells interact with tissue immune responses

(2012) Yufang Shi et al.   TRENDS IN IMMUNOLOGY

Mesenchymal stromal cells mediate a switch to alternatively activated monocytes/macrophages after acute myocardial infarction

(2011) Victor Dayan et al.   BASIC RESEARCH IN CARDIOLOGY

Anti-inflammatory protein TSG-6 secreted by activated MSCs attenuates zymosan-induced mouse peritonitis by decreasing TLR2/NF- B signaling in resident macrophages

(2011) H. Choi et al.   BLOOD

Endotoxin Tolerance Represents a Distinctive State of Alternative Polarization (M2) in Human Mononuclear Cells

(2011) O. M. Pena et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

5-Azacytidine Induces Cardiac Differentiation of Human Umbilical Cord-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Activating Extracellular Regulated Kinase

(2011) Qian Qian et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

Mouse Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Turn Activated Macrophages into a Regulatory-Like Profile

(2010) Julian Maggini et al.   PLoS One

Human Gingiva-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Elicit Polarization of M2 Macrophages and Enhance Cutaneous Wound Healing

(2010) Qun-Zhou Zhang et al.   STEM CELLS

Hepatocyte Growth Factor Modification Promotes the Amelioration Effects of Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Rat Acute Kidney Injury

(2010) Yuan Chen et al.   STEM CELLS AND DEVELOPMENT

MSCs inhibit monocyte-derived DC maturation and function by selectively interfering with the generation of immature DCs: central role of MSC-derived prostaglandin E2

(2009) G. M. Spaggiari et al.   BLOOD

Mechanisms involved in the therapeutic properties of mesenchymal stem cells

(2009) Lindolfo da Silva Meirelles et al.   CYTOKINE & GROWTH FACTOR REVIEWS

Mesenchymal stem cell–educated macrophages: A novel type of alternatively activated macrophages

(2009) Jaehyup Kim et al.   EXPERIMENTAL HEMATOLOGY

Immunosuppressive effects of mesenchymal stem cells in collagen-induced mouse arthritis

(2009) Fei Mao et al.   INFLAMMATION RESEARCH

Alternatively activated macrophages in infection and autoimmunity

(2009) DeLisa Fairweather et al.   JOURNAL OF AUTOIMMUNITY

Mesenchymal stem cells from human umbilical cords ameliorate mouse hepatic injuryin vivo

(2009) Yongmin Yan et al.   LIVER INTERNATIONAL

Bone marrow stromal cells attenuate sepsis via prostaglandin E2–dependent reprogramming of host macrophages to increase their interleukin-10 production

(2008) Krisztián Németh et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Paracrine Factors of Mesenchymal Stem Cells Recruit Macrophages and Endothelial Lineage Cells and Enhance Wound Healing

(2008) Liwen Chen et al.   PLoS One