Published online Jun 14, 2017. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v23.i22.4016
Peer-review started: January 9, 2017
First decision: March 3, 2017
Revised: March 20, 2017
Accepted: May 4, 2017
Article in press: May 4, 2017
Published online: June 14, 2017
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Core tip: In this paper, transplant recipient rats were pretreated with bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells (BMMSCs) in advance, and these rats were in a compromised immune state. CXCR3/HO-1 gene modified BMMSCs were injected into recipient rats after small bowel transplantation. The survival time of these rats was significantly prolonged; the number of cells that underwent apoptosis was significantly lower in the CXCR3/HO-1 modified BMMSCs group compared with rats from the HO-1 gene modified BMMSCs group, the native BMMSCs group, and the NS group. Furthermore, the percentage of regulatory T cells was significantly increased. Proinflammatory cytokines (IL-2, IL-6, IL-17, IFN-γ, and TNF-α) were significantly reduced, while anti-inflammatory cytokines (IL-10 and TGF-β) were significantly increased. Our data suggest that BMMSCs modified with the CXCR3 and HO-1 gene can reduce rejection of the small intestine more effectively than HO-1 modified BMMSCs and native BMMSCs.
