Review Article

Molecular Mechanisms Involved in Mesenchymal Stem Cell Migration to the Site of Acute Myocardial Infarction

Table 1

Characteristics of bone marrow-derived MSC: expression of specific antigens, cytokine receptors and adhesion molecules, as well as production of cytokines and matrix molecules.

Expression on MSCDesignationReference

Characteristic cell surface antigensCD73, CD90, CD105, CD166, STRO-1[17, 2224]
Cytokines and growth factors IL- 1 𝛼 , IL-1 𝛽 , IL-6, IL-7, IL-8, IL-11, IL-12, IL-14, and IL-15 LIF, SCF, Flt-3 ligand, GM-CSF, G-CSF, M-CSF, VEGF [17, 25]
Cytokine receptors and growth factor receptors IL-1R (CD121), IL-2R (CD25), IL-3R (CD123), IL-4R (CD124), IL-6R (CD126), IL-7R (CD127), LIFR, SCFR, G-CSFR, IFN 𝛾 R, TNFIR, TNFIIR, TGF 𝛽 IR, TGF 𝛽 IIR, bFGFR, PDGFR, EGFR[10, 22, 26, 27]
Adhesion Integrins: 𝛼 1, 𝛼 2, 𝛼 3, 𝛼 4, 𝛼 5, 𝛼 v, 𝛽 1, 𝛽 3, 𝛽 4, ICAM-1 (CD54), ICAM-2 (CD102), VCAM-1 (CD106), ALCAM-1 (CD166), LFA-3 (CD58), L-selectin (CD62L), endoglin (CD105), CD44, VLA-4[10, 22, 28, 29]