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ReviewEBioMedicine2018

Neural stem cell derived extracellular vesicles: Attributes and prospects for treating neurodegenerative disorders.

Andrew D Vogel, Raghavendra Upadhya, Ashok K Shetty

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Review in EBioMedicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 116 papers.

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116citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

116 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Andrew D VogelInstitute for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, 1114 TAMU, 206 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, Texas, United States.
Raghavendra UpadhyaInstitute for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, 1114 TAMU, 206 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, Texas, United States; Olin E. Teague Veterans' Medical Center, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX, United States.
Ashok K ShettyInstitute for Regenerative Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Texas A&M University Health Science Center College of Medicine, 1114 TAMU, 206 Olsen Boulevard, College Station, Texas, United States; Olin E. Teague Veterans' Medical Center, Central Texas Veterans Health Care System, Temple, TX, United States. Electronic address: shetty@medicine.tamhsc.edu.

Funding

BLRD VA I01 BX002351BLRD VA IK6 BX003612
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neural stem cell (NSC) grafting in conditions such as aging, brain injury, and neurodegenerative diseases promotes regeneration, plasticity and functional recovery. Recent studies have revealed that administration of NSC-derived extracellular vesicles (NSC-EVs) via non-invasive approaches can also afford therapeutic benefits. This review confers the properties and therapeutic promise of EVs secreted by NSCs. NSC-EVs enriched with specific miRNAs mediate multiple functions in physiological and pathological conditions, which include modulation of the proximate microenvironment, facilitating the entry of viruses into cells, functioning as independent metabolic units, operating as a microglial morphogen and influencing the diverse aspects of brain function in adulthood including the process of aging. Due to their anti-inflammatory, neurogenic and neurotrophic effects, NSC-EVs are also useful for treating multiple neurodegenerative diseases. Although only a few studies have demonstrated the efficacy of NSC-EVs to treat brain impairments, the promise is enormous. Moving forward, the use of well-characterized NSC-EVs generated in specific culture conditions and NSC-EVs that are engineered to carry the desired miRNAs, mRNAs and proteins have great promise for treating brain injury and neurogenerative diseases. Notably, the possibility of targeting NSC-EVs to specific neuronal types or brain regions would enable managing of diverse neurodegenerative conditions with minimal side effects.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiological TherapyBiological TransportCellular MicroenvironmentDisease Models, AnimalEnergy MetabolismExtracellular VesiclesHumansMicrogliaMicroRNAsNeural Stem CellsNeurodegenerative DiseasesSignal TransductionMicroRNAsExosomesExtracellular vesiclesHippocampusNeural deficitsNeural InjuryNeural stem cellsNeuroinflammationNeuroprotectionNeuroregeneration

Identifiers

PMID30472088
PMCPMC6306394

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