Cell-Free Strategies for Repair and Regeneration of Meniscus Injuries through the Recruitment of Endogenous Stem/Progenitor Cells

Table 1

Stem cell-based strategies for meniscus regeneration.

Animal model	Cell source	Observation time	Authors
Rats	Human BMSCs	8 weeks	Yuan et al. [42]
Rabbits	Autologous BMSCs	24 weeks	Zhang et al. [43]
Rats	Allogeneic BMSCs	8 weeks	Qi et al. [44]
Rabbits	Allogeneic ADSCs	7 months	Moradi et al. [45]
Rabbits	Allogeneic ADSCs	12 weeks	Toratani et al. [46]
Rabbits	ADSCs	12 weeks	Qi et al. [47]
Pigs	Allogeneic SMSs	16 weeks	Hatsushika et al. [48]
Pigs	Allogeneic SMSs	12 weeks	Nakagawa et al. [49]
Rats	Allogeneic SMSs	8 weeks	Ozeki et al. [50]
Rabbits	IPFP	8 weeks	Oda et al. [51]
Rabbits	Human T-MSCs	10 weeks	Koh et al. [52]

BMSC: bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells; ADSCs: adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells; SMSs: synovium-derived mesenchymal stem cells; IPFP: infrapatellar fat pad; T-MSCs: tonsil-derived mesenchymal stem cells.