Review Article

Immunomodulatory Role of Mesenchymal Stem Cell Therapy in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation

Table 3

Monitoring of immunomodulation in preclinical in vivo studies.

AuthorsIL-6TGF-β1IL-10TNF-αIFN-γ

Bartholomew et al. (2002) [23]

Aksu et al. (2008) [24]

Sbano et al. (2008) [25]Skin mRNA 
MSC only: ND 
MSC + CsA:
Skin mRNA 
MSC only: ND 
MSC + CsA: ND
Skin mRNA 
MSC only: ND 
MSC + CsA:  
Skin mRNA 
MSC only:  

MSC + CsA: ND

Pan et al. (2010) [26]

Kuo et al. (2009) [27]Circulation and skin  
MSC + CsA: ↑ 

MSC only: ND

Kuo et al. (2011) [28]Circulation and skin 
MSC + CsA: ↑ 

MSC only: ND

Kuo et al. (2011) [29]Circulation  
MSC + CsA: ↑ 
Circulation 
MSC + CsA: ↑ 
Circulation and skin  
MSC + CsA: ↑ 

Kuo et al. (2012) [30]Skin: ↓ 
Skin 
MSC + CsA: ↑ 

MSC only: ↑ 

Circulation: ND
Circulation  
MSC + CsA: ↑ 

MSC only: ↑ 
Circulation  
MSC + CsA: ↓  

MSC only: ↓  
Circulation: NDCirculation and skin  
MSC + CsA: ↑  

MSC only: ND

Larocca et al. (2013) [31]Lymph node: ↑ 

Skin: ND
Lymph node: ND 
Skin: ND
Lymph node: ↑ 

Skin: ND
Lymph node: ↑  

Skin: ND
Lymph node: ↑  

Skin: ND

Lee et al. (2014) [32]Circulation  
ASC: ↓ 

CM: ↓ 
Skin mRNA 
ASC: ND  
CM: ↓ 
Skin mRNA 
ASC: ND  
CM: ↓ 
Skin mRNA 
ASC: ND 
CM: ↓ 

Jeong et al. (2014) [33]Skin and muscle: ↑  

Cheng et al. (2014) [34]Circulation  
VCA tolerant: ↑  

VCA intolerant: ND

Ramirez et al. (2014) [35]Circulation  
VCA tolerant: ↑ 

VCA intolerant:  
ND

Davis et al. (2014) [37]Circulation and splenocytes: ↑ 

Plock et al. (2015) [36]Circulation 
ASC: ↑  

BMSC: ND

ND: not different statistically; ↑: increased; ↓: decrease.