The Crosstalk between Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Macrophages in Bone Regeneration: A Systematic Review

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Flow diagram of the systematic review on the crosstalk of MSCs and macrophages. A total of 437 studies were retrieved based on the search strategy mentioned in the methods. Nine records after duplicates were removed. 44 works of literature published more than 10 years were excluded. After reviewing the titles and abstracts, 50 records were removed because the studies were not primary studies. After reviewing the titles and abstracts, 301 records were removed because the studies did not match the selection criteria. Finally, 33 studies met the inclusion criteria and were selected for this systematic review.