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Table 3 Important bioactive molecules secreted by MSCs and their functions

From: Clinical applications of mesenchymal stem cells

Bioactive molecules

Functions

prostaglandin-E2 (PGE2)

anti-proliferative mediators [40]

anti-inflammation [41]

Interleukin-10(IL-10)

anti-inflammatory [42, 43]

transforming growth

suppress T-lymphocyte proliferation [44]

factorβ-1(TGFβ1), hepatocyte growth factor(HGF)

Interleukin-1 receptor Antagonist

anti-inflammatory [45]

human leukocyte antigen G isoform (HLA-G5)

anti-proliferative for naive

T-cells [46]

LL-37

anti-microbial peptide and reduce inflammation [47]

angiopoietin-1

restore epithelial protein permeability [48]

MMP3, MMP9

mediating neovascularization [49]

Keratinocyte growth factor

Alveolar epithelial fluid transport [50]

endothelial growth factor (VEGF), basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF), placental growth factor (PlGF), and monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1)

enhance proliferation of endothelial cells and smooth muscle cells [51, 52]