Table 1 Application of apoptotic products in treating various disease models.

From: Emerging understanding of apoptosis in mediating mesenchymal stem cell therapy

Term

Origin

Induction method

Quantity

Administration time

Route

Delivered molecule(s)

Animal model

Recipient species

Ref.

Apoptotic MSCs

Human ADMSCs

Serum deprivation

1.2 × 106 cell-derived

30 min, 6 h, and 18 h after model establishment

i.v.

None

Sepsis syndrome

Rat

31

Apoptotic MSCs

Human ADMSCs

Serum deprivation

1.2 × 106 cell-derived

30 min, 6 h, and 18 h after model establishment

i.v.

None

AKI

Rat

32

Apoptotic MSCs

Human DPSCs

H2O2

4.0 × 106 cell-derived

Immediate after model establishment

i.v.

None

GvHD

Mice

23

Apoptotic MSCs

Human BMMSCs

Anti-Fas and granzyme B

1.0–2.5 × 106 cell-derived

1 h after model establishment

i.p. i.v.

None

GvHD

Mice

29

MSC-derived EVs

Mice Gingival and skin MSCs

TNF-α

40 μg

1 d after model establishment

Submucosal injection

IL-1RA

Gingival wound

Mice

24

Apoptotic bodies

Mice BMMSCs

STS

50 μg

0 d, 3 d, and 7 d after model establishment

Local administration

None

Skin wound

Mice

26

Apoptotic bodies

Mice BMMSCs

STS

4.0 × 106 ApoBDs

Once a week for 4 weeks

i.v.

miR-328-3p RNF146

Osteoporosis

Mice

33

Apoptotic bodies

Rat and mice BMMSCs

STS

100 μg

2 weeks after model establishment

Intramyocardial injection

None

MI

Rat

30

Apoptotic EVs

Mice thymocyte and Jurkat cells

UV-irradiated

20.0 × 106 or 40.0 × 106 cell-derived

1 d before model establishment

i.p.

None

Colitis

Mice

22

Chimeric apoptotic bodies

Mice T-cell membrane with mesoporous silica nanoparticles

STS

100 μg

3 d, 5 d, 7 d, and 9 d after model establishment

i.v.

miR-21 and curcumin

Colitis and cutaneous inflammation

Mice

34

  1. AKI acute kidney injury, ADMSCs adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells, ApoBDs apoptotic bodies, BMMSCs bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells, DPSCs dental pulp stem cells, EVs extracellular vesicles, GvHD graft-versus-host disease, IL-1RA interleukin 1 receptor antagonist, i.p. intraperitoneal injection, i.v. intravenous injection, MI myocardial infarction, miR microRNA, MSCs mesenchymal stem cells, STS staurosporine, TNF-α tumor necrosis factor-α.