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. 2025 Oct 3;13:1677422. doi: 10.3389/fbioe.2025.1677422

TABLE 3.

Immune regulation pathways of DMSCs.

DMSCs Research scholars Mechanism of action Experimental conditions Specific approaches References
DPSCs KWACK et al. Inhibit the proliferation of T cells Phytohemagglutinin-activated monocytes, IFN-γ pretreated culture medium IFN-γ activation of DPSCs can inhibit the proliferation of T cells and reduce the production of IL-17 Kwack et al. (2017)
ZHAO et al. Inducing apoptosis of T cells CD3+ T cells activated by phytohemagglutinin It can inhibit T cell proliferation, induce T cell apoptosis, and stimulate the formation of Treg Zhao et al. (2012)
OMI et al. Influence macrophage polarization Transplantation of DPSCs into the unilateral hind limb skeletal muscle and DPSCs treated with lipoteichoic acid Trigger M2 macrophage polarization and inhibit inflammation Omi et al. (2016)
RUFAS et al. Activate the complement system / It can express the vast majority of factors required to activate the complement system Rufas et al. (2016)
PDLSCs LIU et al. Inhibit the differentiation of T cells Periodontal ligament stem cells isolated from an inflammatory environment Inhibit the secretion of IFN-γ to suppress the differentiation of T cells into Th1 Liu et al. (2012)
LI et al.
SHIN et al.
Inhibit T cell proliferation Concanavalin A-activated peripheral blood mononuclear cells Indirect soluble mediators and direct cell-to-cell contact inhibit T cell proliferation, or inhibit the expression of non-classical MHC-like glycoprotein CD1b in DCs to suppress T cell proliferation Li et al. (2014)
Shin et al. (2017)
SHEDs YAMAZA et al. Inhibit T cell differentiation Peripheral blood mononuclear cells activated by anti-CD3/CD28 antibodies and immature CD4+ Inhibiting Th17 differentiation, its effect is greater than that of bone marrow mesenchymal cells Yamaza et al. (2010)
GAO et al. Enhance the ability of DC to induce Treg / Reduce the secretion of IL-2, TNF-α and IFN-γ by DC and increase the secretion of IL-10 Gao et al. (2018)

DMSCs, Dental mesenchymal stem cells; DPSCs, Dental pulp stem cells; PDLSCs, Periodontal ligament stem cells; SHEDs, Stem cells populations from human exfoliated deciduous teeth.