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. 2021 Aug 18;12:463. doi: 10.1186/s13287-021-02533-0

Table 1.

Characteristics of animal experiments

First author
Year
Location Animal (sex, strain, weight) Number of each group Modeling method Modeling duration Type and source of MSC Way of MSC administrated Times of treatment Dose of MSC Parameter
Forte; 2015 [16] Italy Male, C57BL/6 mice, NA DSS + PBS (n = 4) DSS + MSC (n = 4) DSS (1.5%) 9 hASC Irrigation 3 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time DAI, HS
Chao; 2016 [17] China Male, BALB/c mice, NA

TNBS + 50% ethanol + MSC (n = 20)

TNBS + 50% ethanol (n = 20)

TNBS (5%) 8 hUC-MSC Intraperitoneal injection 1 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time HS, MPO activity
Gao; 2020 [18] China Male, Wistar rat, 150–200 g

TNBS + 50% ethanol + MSC (n = 8)

TNBS + 50% ethanol (n = 8)

TNBS (2%) 8 rASC Tail vein injection 1 1 × 107 cells/mouse/time DAI, colon length
Nam; 2015 [19] South Korea Female, C57BL/6, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 10)

DSS + MSC (n = 10)

DSS (3.5%) 7 mBM-MSC Intraperitoneal injection 1 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time DAI
Yang; 2018 [20] China Female, C57 mice, 19–21 g

DSS + PBS (n = 10)

DSS + MSC (n = 10)

DSS (1.5%) 6 hUC-MSC Intraperitoneal injection 2 2 × 106 cells/mouse/time DAI, HS
Gonzalez-Rey; 2008 [21] Spain NA, C57BI/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 14)

DSS + MSC (n = 14)

DSS (5%)

DSS (3%)

7

34

hASC Intraperitoneal injection

1

2

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time DAI, colon length, HS, MPO activity
Lin; 2015 [22] China Male, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 10)

DSS + MSC (n = 10)

DSS (5%) 7 hUC-MSC Intraperitoneal injection 1 2 × 106 cells/mouse/time DAI, colon length, MPO activity
Banerjee; 2015 [23] Italy Male, NOD.CB17-Prkdcscid/J mice, 18–25 g

DSS + PBS (n = 5)

DSS + MSC (n = 5)

DSS (3.5%) 7 hUC-MSC Tail vein injection 1 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time DAI, colon length, HS, MPO activity
Song; 2018 [24] South Korea Male, C57BL/6 J mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 6)

DSS + MSC (n = 6)

DSS (3%) 7 cAT-MSC Intraperitoneal injection 1 2 × 106 cells/mouse/time DAI, colon length, HS
Lim; 2021 [25] South Korea Female, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 4)

DSS + MSC (n = 4)

DSS (2.5%) 9 mBM-MSC Intraperitoneal injection 1 3 × 106 cells/mouse/time DAI, colon length
Miyamoto; 2017 [26] Japan Male, Sprague–Dawley rats, NA

TNBS + 30% ethanol + MSC

(n = 9)

TNBS + 30% ethanol + PBS

(n = 9)

TNBS (45 mg/kg) 7 hAMSC Penile vein injection 1 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time HS
Ikarashi; 2017 [27] Japan Male, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 7)

DSS + MSC (n = 16)

DSS (2.5%) 7

hASC

hUC-MSC

Intravenous injection 1 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time DAI, colon length, HS
Li; 2020 [28] China Female, C57BL/6 mice, 18-22 g

DSS + PBS (n = 12)

DSS + MSC (n = 12)

DSS (3%)

8

24

hUC-MSC Intraperitoneal injection

2

4

2 × 106 cells/mouse/time DAI, MPO activity, colon length, HS
Lee; 2016 [29] South Korea Female, C57BL/6 mice, 17-21 g

DSS + PBS (n = 5)

DSS + MSC (n = 5)

DSS (3%) 30 mBM-MSC Intravenous injection 3 1 × 107 cells/mouse/time Colon length, HS
Jo; 2019 [30] South Korea Female, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 5)

DSS + MSC (n = 5)

DSS (3%) 20 mBM-MSC Intraperitoneal injection 2 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time Colon length, HS
Heidari; 2018 [31] Iran Female, C57BL/6 mice, 18–22 g

DSS + PBS (n = 5)

DSS + MSC (n = 5)

DSS (2%) 33 mASC Intraperitoneal injection 2 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time DAI, colon length, HS
Kawata; 2019 [32] Japan Male, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 5)

DSS + MSC (n = 7)

DSS (2.5%) 7 hASC Intravenous injection 1 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time DAI, colon length, HS
Yu; 2017 [33] South Korea Male, C57BL/6 mice, 18–25 g

DSS + PBS (n = 9)

DSS + MSC (n = 18)

DSS (1.5%) 30 hTMSC Intraperitoneal injection

2

4

1 × 106 cells/mouse/time Colon length
Lu; 2019 [34] China NA, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 6)

DSS + MSC (n = 6)

DSS (3%) 26 hGMSC Tail vein injection 1 NA Colon length
Tanaka; 2010 [35] Japan NA, Lewis rat, 180–220 g

DSS + PBS (n = 10)

DSS + MSC (n = 10)

DSS (4%) 7 rBM-MSC Tail vein injection 3

2 × 104 cells/g/time

(the second and third injection)

2 × 103 cells/g/time

(the first injection)

HS
Molendijk; 2016 [36] The Netherlands Female, C57BL/6Jico mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 7)

DSS + MSC (n = 21)

DSS (1.25%) 7 mBM-MSC Local injection 1

0.5 × 106 cells/mouse/time

2 × 106 cells/mouse/time

Colon length
Liang; 2011 [37] China Male, BALB/c mice, 20 g

TNBS + 50% ethanol + MSC (n = 6)

TNBS + 50% ethanol (n = 6)

TNBS (100 mg/kg) 5 hUC-MSC Intravenous injection 2 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time HS, MPO activity
Fuenzali; 2016 [38] Chile Female, C57BL/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 7)

DSS + MSC (n = 7)

DSS (2.5%) 7 hUC-MSC Intraperitoneal injection 2 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time Colon length
Li; 2013 [39] China NA, C57Bl/6 mice, NA

DSS + PBS (n = 8)

DSS + MSC (n = 16)

DSS (4%) 7

hUC-MSC

hBM-MSC

Intraperitoneal injection 1 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time HS, colon length, MPO activity
Tanaka; 2008 [40] Japan Male, Lewis rats, approximately 200 g

DSS + PBS (n = 5)

DSS + MSC (n = 5)

DSS (4%) 7 rBM-MSC Tail vein injection 1 5 × 106 cells/mouse/time Colon length
Nikolic; 2018 [41] Serbia NA, C57BL/6 mice, 19–21 g

DSS + PBS (n = 35)

DSS + MSC (n = 35)

DSS (3%) 7 mBM-MSC Tail vein injection 3 2 × 106 cells/mouse/time HS, colon length
Nan; 2018 [42] China Male, Sprague–Dawley rats, 160–180 g

TNBS + 50% ethanol + MSC (n = 8)

TNBS + 50% ethanol (n = 8)

TNBS (NA) 7 rBM-MSC Tail vein injection 1 5 × 106 cells/mouse/time Colon length, HS
Xie; 2017 [43] China NA, BALB/c mice, NA

TNBS + 50% ethanol + MSC (n = 30)

TNBS + 50% ethanol (n = 15)

TNBS (3%) 3

mBM-MSC

mASC

Intraperitoneal injection 1 1 × 106 cells/mouse/time HS

DSS, dextran sodium sulfate; TNBS, trinitrobenzene sulfonic acid; MSC, mesenchymal stem cell; PBS, phosphate buffer saline; hUC-MSC, human umbilical cord MSC; mBM-MSC, murine bone marrow MSC; rBM-MSC, rat bone marrow MSC; hBM-MSC, human bone marrow MSC; hASC, human adipose-derived MSC; mASC, murine adipose-derived MSC; rASC, rat adipose-derived MSC; hTMSC, human tonsil-derived mesenchymal stem cell; hGMSC, human gingiva-derived mesenchymal stem cell; hAMSC, human amnion-derived MSC; cAT-MSC, canine adipose tissue-derived MSC; DAI, disease activity index; HS, histopathological score; MPO, activity myeloperoxidase activity; NA, not available