ArticleScientific reports2017
Secretome of in vitro cultured human embryos contains extracellular vesicles that are uptaken by the maternal side.
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- Applications of Exosomes in Female Medicine: A Systematic Review of Molecular Biology, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Perspectives.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Pooled it
- Endometrial injection of embryo culture supernatant for subfertile women in assisted reproduction.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
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- The Role of Exosomes in Offspring Metabolic Programming in Gestational Diabetes: Mechanisms and Potential Applications.International journal of biological sciences · 2026Review
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- Beyond the Cell: Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes as Next-Generation Tools in Regenerative Therapy.Stem cells international · 2026Review
- Electroacupuncture ameliorates embryo implantation dysfunction in mice via miR-30c-5p.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2026Article
- [The role of extracellular vesicles in early embryo development and their application in assisted reproductive technologies].Zhejiang da xue xue bao. Yi xue ban = Journal of Zhejiang University. Medical sciences · 2025Review
- LPS-Stressed Bovine Endometrial Cells upon Morulae in a Transwell Model of Embryo-Maternal Talk.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Article
- Extracellular Vesicles, Lipid Droplets and AhR Ligands in Early Implantation: The Dynamics of Embryo-Maternal Crosstalk.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2025Article
- The Molecular Dynamics of Extracellular Vesicles and their Protein Corona in the Secretomes of Stem Cells.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2025Review
- Deciphering the dialogue between the bovine blastocyst and the uterus: embryo-induced alterations in extracellular vesicle protein content from an ex vivo model and the in vivo environment.Journal of animal science and biotechnology · 2025Article
- MicroRNAs Secreted by the Embryo in Spent Culture Medium Can Regulate mRNAs Involved in Endometrial Receptivity, Embryo Attachment, and Invasion.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Article
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- Theranostic potential of extracellular vesicles in reproductive tracts: implications for recurrent implantation failure.Molecular biology reports · 2025Review
- Up-regulated microRNAs in blastocoel fluid of human implanted embryos could control circuits of pluripotency and be related to embryo competence.Journal of assisted reproduction and genetics · 2025Article
- Unlocking a Decade of Research on Embryo-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: Discoveries Made and Paths Ahead.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2025Review
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Abstract
Communication between embryo and maternal endometrium occurs during a specific time frame in which implantation is possible. Here we demonstrate for the first time that conditioned media from non-manipulated human embryos cultured in vitro for 3 days or up to the blastocyst stage contain extracellular vesicles (EVs) with a diameter of 50 to 200 nm and bearing the traditional microvesicle and exosome marker proteins CD63, CD9 and ALIX. The embryonic origin of these EVs has been confirmed by the presence of stemness gene transcripts and their enrichment in the non-classical HLA-G protein. NANOG and POU5F1 transcripts were shown to be contained in vesicles deriving from embryos at different stages of development. In line with a higher detection rate of the HLA-G protein in blastocysts compared to cleavage stage embryos, a significantly higher amount of HLA-G was found in vesicles accumulated in spent media from day 3 to day 5 of development compared to those isolated from the earlier stage. Uptake of dye-labeled embryo-derived EVs by human primary endometrial epithelial and stromal cells was also demonstrated with a fluorescence intensity signal significantly higher for cells treated with vesicles derived from blastocysts. Based on these findings, EV exchange may be suggested as an emerging way of communication at the maternal-fetal interface.
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