Table 1.

Selected reports on the impact of bacteria on stem cells

Biological impact	Cell populations	Bacterial species	Experimental model	Reference
Cell viability	DFPCs	P. gingivalis	Treatment with LPS	47
	PDLSCs	P. gingivalis	Treatment with LPS	53
	DFPCs, BMSCs	P. gingivalis	Treatment with LPS	78
	USSCs	Undefined	Treatment with LPS and flagellin	79
	DPSCs	S. mutans	Treatment with LPS	80
Differentiation	DFPCs	P. gingivalis	Treatment with LPS	47
	BMSCs	E. coli	Treatment with LPS	52
	PDLSCs	P. gingivalis	Treatment with LPS	53
	USSCs	Undefined	Treatment with LPS and flagellin	79
	DPPCs	A.actinomyce-temcomitans	Treatment with LPS	87
	DPSCs	P. gingivalis	Treatment with LPS	88
Immunomodulation	DFPCs	P. gingivalis	Treatment with LPS	47
	BMSCs	P. gingivalis, F. nucleatum, A.actinomyce-temcomitans	Co-culture model	69
	DFPCs, BMSCs	P. gingivalis, F. nucleatum	Co-culture model	70
	DFPCs, BMSCs	P. gingivalis	Treatment with LPS	78
	USSCs	Undefined	Treatment with LPS and flagellin	79
	ESC-ECs	Undefined	Treatment with LPS and C12-iE-DAP	99
	DFSCs, DPSCs	Undefined	Treatment with LPS	100
	AMSCs	S. typhimurium, L. acidophilus	Co-culture model	101
	DPSCs	P. gingivalis, E. coli, P. endodontalis	Treatment with LPS	102
	DPSCs	Undefined	Treatment with LPS	103
	MSCs	Undefined	Polymicrobial model of sepsis	104

Stem cells: AMSCs, adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells; BMSCs, bone marrow stem cells; DFPCs, dental follicle progenitors cells; DPPCs, dental pulp progenitor cells; DPSCs, dental pulp stem cells; ESC-ECs, human embryonic stem cell-derived endothelial cells; MSCs, mesenchymal stem cells; PDLSCs, periodontal ligament stem cells; USSCs, unrestricted somatic stem cells. Bacteria: A. actinomycetemcomitans, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans; E. coli, Escherichia coli; F. Prausnitzii, Faecalibacterium prausnitzii; L. acidophilus, Lactobacillus acidophilus; P. endodontalis, Porphyromonas endodontalis; P. gingivalis, Porphyromonas gingivalis; S. mutans, Streptococcus mutans; S. typhimurium, Salmonella typhimurium.