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. 2023 Feb 8;24(4):3376. doi: 10.3390/ijms24043376

Table 2.

Key factors secreted by M1-like and M2-like Mφs and MSCs alone and the effects of MSC-Mφ interaction on secreted factors.

M1-like Mφs M2-like Mφs MSCs MSC-Mφ Interaction
MSCs *
IL-1α, Il-1β [92,93]
IL-6, 12, 23 [69,92,94]
TNF-α [92,93,94]
CCL-2, 8, 10, 15, 19, 20 [66,90,92]
CXCL-9, 10, 11, 16, 17 [95,96]
ROS (by Nox-2), NO (by iNOS), [92,94,97,98]
IL-4,10, 13 [77,92,93]
CCL-1, 17, 18, 22, 24 [92,95,99]
CXCL-13 [100]
CXCL-12 [101]
TGF-β [94,95,102]
SDF-1 and VEGF [103,104]
Arg-1 [23,92]
HO-1 [98]
CCL-1-2, 4-5 [66]
CXCL-8, 10, 12 [66,105]
KGF [47,105]
INDO [106], TSG-6 [107]
Ang-1, VEGF, HGF, IGF-1 [105,108,109,110]
EVs, Mt, MiRs [53,111,112,113]
CCL-2, 5, 7 [66,114]
CXCL-8-12 [66]
KGF [52,105,115,116] NO, TGFβ [34,117]
INDO, TSG-6 [107,118,119]
Ang-1, VEGF, HGF, IGF-1 [108,109,110,120,121]
COX-2/PGE2, LXA4 [34,97,122,123,124]
Rv-D1, Rv-E1, E2, Protectins [125]
EVs, Mt, MiRs [51,53,91,113,126,127,128,129,130,131,132]
↑ M2 Mφ and their ILs (by STAT 3,6, PPARγδ [30,56,95]
↓ M1 Mφ and their ILs [109,133]
HO-1, antioxidants [34,134]
IL-10 [32,123]
TGF-β [32,95,132]
Arg-1 [92,135]

* MSCs secrete mostly the same factors with or without Mφs; however, interaction with Mφs increases the quantity of these secreted factors; ↑ upregulation; ↓ downregulation.