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ArticleTissue engineering and regenerative medicine2020

The Therapeutic Potential of Extracellular Vesicles Versus Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Liver Damage.

Dina M Rostom, Noha Attia, Hoda M Khalifa, Maha W Abou Nazel, Eshrak A El Sabaawy

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Article in Tissue engineering and regenerative medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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24citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

24 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 51 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dina M RostomDepartment of Medical Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Dr. Fahmi Abdelmeguid St., Mowassah Campus, Alexandria, 21561, Egypt.
Noha AttiaDepartment of Medical Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Dr. Fahmi Abdelmeguid St., Mowassah Campus, Alexandria, 21561, Egypt. Noha.attia@alexmed.edu.eg.
Hoda M KhalifaDepartment of Medical Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Dr. Fahmi Abdelmeguid St., Mowassah Campus, Alexandria, 21561, Egypt.
Maha W Abou NazelDepartment of Medical Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Dr. Fahmi Abdelmeguid St., Mowassah Campus, Alexandria, 21561, Egypt.
Eshrak A El SabaawyDepartment of Medical Histology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alexandria, Dr. Fahmi Abdelmeguid St., Mowassah Campus, Alexandria, 21561, Egypt.
Alexandria University · EG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) hold significant potential as a novel alternative to whole-cell therapy. We herein compare the therapeutic potential of BM-MSCs versus their EVs (MSC-EVs) in an experimental Carbon tetrachloride (CCl

methodsRats with liver damage received a single IV injection of MSC-EVs, 1 million MSCs, or 3 million MSCs. The therapeutic efficacy of each treatment was assessed using liver histopathology, liver function tests and immunohistochemistry for liver fibrosis and hepatocellular injury.

resultsAnimals that received an injection of either MSCs-EVs or 3 million MSCs depicted significant regression of collagen deposition in the liver tissue and marked attenuation of hepatocellular damage, both structurally and functionally.

conclusionSimilar to high doses of MSC-based therapy (3 million MSCs), MSC-EVs mitigated the fibrogenesis and hepatocellular injury in a rat model of CCl

Indexed as

Extracellular VesiclesMesenchymal Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationAnimalsDisease Models, AnimalLiverRatsBone marrow-derived stem cellsConditioned mediaExosomesExtracellular vesiclesLiver fibrosis

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PMID32506351
PMCPMC7393001
OpenAlexW3033119914

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