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Table 1 The effects of IL-6 on dental stem cell behaviours

From: Unravelling the role of interleukin-6 in regulating dental stem cell behaviour: a scoping review

Cell Types

Finding

References

Stem cells isolated from human exfoliated deciduous teeth (SHEDs)

IL-6 treatment promoted pluripotent stem cell marker expression.

Govitvattana et al., 2013 [64]; Govitvattana et al. 2015 [65]; Nowwarote et al., 2017 [66]

IL-6 promoted mineralization.

Nowwarote et al., 2018 [67]

Endothelial cell-secreted IL-6 is involved in the maintenance of the perivascular niche.

Oh et al., 2020 [76]

Human dental pulp stem cells (DPSCs)

IL-6 cytokine family promoted osteogenic differentiation.

Park et al. 2019 [70]; Feng et al., 2016 [69]; Kang et al., 2022 [77]

IL-6 attenuated osteogenic, chondrogenic, and adipogenic differentiation.

Kaplan et al., 2023 [71]

IL-6 inhibited neuronal differentiation.

Park et al. 2019 [70]

IL-6 released by human dental pulp stem cells promoted M2 macrophage polarization.

Liu et al., 2023 [75]

Endothelial cell-secreted IL-6 is involved in the maintenance of the perivascular niche.

Oh et al., 2020 [76]

Human periodontal ligament stem cells (PDLSCs)

IL-6 promoted osteogenic differentiation.

Purwaningrum et al., 2023 [68]

IL-6 released by mechanically loaded human periodontal ligament stem cells promoted osteoclast formation.

Luo et al., 2024 [78]

IL-6 participated in D-mannose-enhanced immunomodulation.

Guo et al., 2018 [79]

IL-6 released by human periodontal ligament stem cells reduced polymorphonuclear neutrophil apoptosis

Wang et al., 2017 [80]