PMID- 24314294 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20140107 LR - 20211021 IS - 2045-3701 (Print) IS - 2045-3701 (Electronic) IS - 2045-3701 (Linking) VI - 3 IP - 1 DP - 2013 Dec 6 TI - Bone marrow-derived stem cells ameliorate hepatic fibrosis by down-regulating interleukin-17. PG - 46 LID - 10.1186/2045-3701-3-46 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: Accumulating evidences have identified the immunoregulatory features of stem cells. In this study, the immunoregulation of bone marrow-derived stem cells (BMSCs) transplanted into patients with HBV-related decompensated cirrhosis and mouse model of liver injury induced by carbon tetrachloride (CCl4) administration was observed. RESULTS: Compared with healthy controls, patients with HBV-related decompensated cirrhosis showed significantly higher levels of TNF-alpha, IL-12, TGF-beta1, IL-17, and IL-8. However, only IL-17 was markedly decreased after autologous BMSCs transplantation during their follow-up. The same results were found in the CCl4-treated mice. Furthermore, we found that exogenous IL-17 partly abolished the therapeutic effect of BMSCs whereas IL-17-specific antibody promoted improvement of liver injury in CCl4-treated mice, resembling the therapeutic effect of BMSCs transplantation. CONCLUSIONS: These data suggested that BMSCs transplantation induces a decrease of IL-17 level, which at least in part delineates the mechanisms of stem cells-mediated therapeutic benefit on liver disease. FAU - Zheng, Linhua AU - Zheng L AD - State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology & Xijing Hospital of Digestive Disease, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Western Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China. FAU - Chu, Jindong AU - Chu J AD - State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology & Xijing Hospital of Digestive Disease, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Western Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China. FAU - Shi, Yongquan AU - Shi Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology & Xijing Hospital of Digestive Disease, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Western Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China. FAU - Zhou, Xinmin AU - Zhou X AD - State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology & Xijing Hospital of Digestive Disease, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Western Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China. FAU - Tan, Ling AU - Tan L AD - Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Stomatology, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an 710032, China. FAU - Li, Qiang AU - Li Q AD - State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology & Xijing Hospital of Digestive Disease, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Western Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China. FAU - Cui, Lina AU - Cui L AD - State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology & Xijing Hospital of Digestive Disease, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Western Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China. FAU - Han, Zheyi AU - Han Z AD - State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology & Xijing Hospital of Digestive Disease, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Western Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China. FAU - Han, Ying AU - Han Y AD - State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology & Xijing Hospital of Digestive Disease, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Western Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China. FAU - Fan, Daiming AU - Fan D AD - State Key Laboratory of Cancer Biology & Xijing Hospital of Digestive Disease, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, 127 Changle Western Road, Xi'an 710032, Shaanxi Province, China. LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20131206 PL - England TA - Cell Biosci JT - Cell & bioscience JID - 101561195 PMC - PMC3882099 EDAT- 2013/12/10 06:00 MHDA- 2013/12/10 06:01 PMCR- 2013/12/06 CRDT- 2013/12/10 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/03 00:00 [received] PHST- 2013/10/28 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2013/12/10 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/12/10 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2013/12/10 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2013/12/06 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 2045-3701-3-46 [pii] AID - 10.1186/2045-3701-3-46 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Cell Biosci. 2013 Dec 6;3(1):46. doi: 10.1186/2045-3701-3-46.