ArticleActa biomaterialia2020
Scaffolds with controlled release of pro-mineralization exosomes to promote craniofacial bone healing without cell transplantation.
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100 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 167 citations in OpenAlex.
- Would Exosome Therapy be Effective for Bone Regeneration? Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Calcified tissue international · 2025Pooled it
- Preclinical Evidence for the Use of Oral Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Bone Regenerative Therapy: A Systematic Review.Stem cells translational medicine · 2023Pooled it
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- Exosome-Based Diagnostics and Cell-Free Therapeutics for Traumatic Brain Injury: From Mechanisms to Bedside.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Exosomes in osteoporosis: regulatory mechanisms and clinical applications.Frontiers in physiology · 2026Review
- Exosome Purification Strategy Influences the Regenerative Efficacy of Dental Pulp Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes in Bone Regeneration.Stem cell reviews and reports · 2026Article
- Exosomes in Osteoarthritis: Emerging Roles in Pathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Therapeutic Potential.Current pharmaceutical design · 2026Review
- Engineered exosome biomedical technologies for precision diagnosis and therapy in orthopedic diseases.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- PLGA nanoparticles in otoprotection and inner ear regeneration: a new frontier in nanomedicine for hearing disorders.RSC advances · 2025Review
- Hydrogel-forming microneedles for the treatment of skin diseases.Materials today. Bio · 2025Review
- Extracellular vesicles derived from dental mesenchymal stem cells for regenerative medicine: a scoping review.Molecular biology reports · 2025Article
- Exosomal Interventions in Bone and Osteochondral Repair: Mechanisms and Outcomes.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- The Role of Extracellular Vesicles in Musculoskeletal Diseases.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2025Review
- Diagnostic and therapeutic potential of oral cavity-derived exosomes in oral and maxillofacial tissue engineering: current advances and future perspectives.Naunyn-Schmiedeberg's archives of pharmacology · 2025Review
- ECM-inspired stem cell secretome sustained releasing composite nanofibrous membranes for accelerated wound healing.Materials today. Bio · 2025Article
- Nanofibrous scaffolds for bone and cartilage regeneration.Applied physics reviews · 2025Article
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- New block copolymers to form nanofibers with superior mechanical properties and to conjugate signaling molecules directing tissue regeneration.Materials today (Kidlington, England) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Biomimetic bone regeneration methods which demonstrate both clinical and manufacturing feasibility, as alternatives to autogenic or allogenic bone grafting, remain a challenge to the field of tissue engineering. Here, we report the pro-osteogenic capacity of exosomes derived from human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs) to facilitate bone marrow stromal cell (BMSC) differentiation and mineralization. To support their delivery, we engineered a biodegradable polymer delivery platform to improve the encapsulation and the controlled release of exosomes on a tunable time scale from poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) (PLGA) and poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) triblock copolymer microspheres. Our delivery platform integrates within three-dimensional tissue engineering scaffolds to enable a straightforward surgical insertion into a mouse calvarial defect. We demonstrate the osteogenic potential of these functional constructs in vitro and in vivo. Controlled release of osteogenic hDPSC-derived exosomes facilitates osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs, leading to mineralization to a degree which is comparable to exogenous administration of the same exosomes in human and mouse BMSCs. By recruiting endogenous cells to the defects and facilitating their differentiation, the controlled release of osteogenic exosomes from a tissue engineering scaffold demonstrates accelerated bone healing in vivo at 8 weeks. Exosomes recapitulate the advantageous properties of mesenchymal stem/progenitor cells, without manufacturing or immunogenic concerns associated with transplantation of exogenous cells. This biomaterial platform enables exosome-mediated bone regeneration in an efficacious and clinically relevant way.
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