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ArticleFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Therapeutic Effects of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles in Oxygen-Induced Multi-Organ Disease: A Developmental Perspective.

Angeles Fernandez-Gonzalez, Gareth R Willis, Vincent Yeung, Monica Reis, Xianlan Liu, S Alex Mitsialis, Stella Kourembanas

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Article in Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
2.5field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

15 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Review
  2. Therapeutic potential of extracellular vesicles for treating human pregnancy disorders.Extracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids · 2025
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  4. Mesenchymal stromal cell extracellular vesicles improve lung development in mechanically ventilated preterm lambs.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2024
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  5. The emerging role of extracellular vesicles in bronchopulmonary dysplasia.American journal of physiology. Lung cellular and molecular physiology · 2024
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  11. Extracellular Vesicles in Corneal Fibrosis/Scarring.International journal of molecular sciences · 2022
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  15. Extracellular Vesicles in the Cornea: Insights from Other Tissues.Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam) · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Angeles Fernandez-GonzalezDivision of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Gareth R WillisDivision of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Vincent YeungDivision of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Monica ReisDivision of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Xianlan LiuDivision of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
S Alex MitsialisDivision of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Stella KourembanasDivision of Newborn Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States.
Harvard University · USBoston Children's Hospital · US

Funding

HYPOXIC RESPONSES OF VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLER01HL055454 · NHLBI · CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL BOSTON · PI KOUREMBANAS, STELLA · 1996 to 2018
$6.7M
MSC Exosome Treatment for BPD: Impact on Immunity and Lung DevelopmentR01HL146128 · NHLBI · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI Stella Kourembanas · 2019 to 2026
$6.6M
Mesenchymal Stem Cell Regulation by Syndecan-1 in Lung InjuryR21AI134025 · NIAID · BOSTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL · PI KOUREMBANAS, STELLA, PARK, PYONG WOO · 2018 to 2019
$487k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL055454NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL146128NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI134025
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite major advances in neonatal intensive care, infants born at extremely low birth weight still face an increased risk for chronic illness that may persist into adulthood. Pulmonary, retinal, and neurocognitive morbidities associated with preterm birth remain widespread despite interventions designed to minimize organ dysfunction. The design of therapeutic applications for preterm pathologies sharing common underlying triggers, such as fluctuations in oxygen supply or in the inflammatory state, requires alternative strategies that promote anti-inflammatory, pro-angiogenic, and trophic activities-ideally as a unitary treatment. Mesenchymal stem/stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicles (MEx) possess such inherent advantages, and they represent a most promising treatment candidate, as they have been shown to contribute to immunomodulation, homeostasis, and tissue regeneration. Current pre-clinical studies into the MEx mechanism of action are focusing on their restorative capability in the context of preterm birth-related pathologies, albeit not always with a multisystemic focus. This perspective will discuss the pathogenic mechanisms underlying the multisystemic lesions resulting from early-life disruption of normal physiology triggered by high oxygen exposures and pro-inflammatory conditions and introduce the application of MEx as immunomodulators and growth-promoting mediators for multisystem therapy.

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BPDdevelopmentinflammationMExmultiorganoxygenpreterm

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PMID33796534
PMCPMC8007882
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