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ArticleCells2021

Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stromal Cells Treated with Interleukin 1 Beta Produced Chondro-Protective Vesicles Able to Fast Penetrate in Cartilage.

Alessandra Colombini, Enrico Ragni, Leonardo Mortati, Francesca Libonati, Carlotta Perucca Orfei, Marco Viganò, Marco Brayda-Bruno, Laura de Girolamo

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Article in Cells, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
23citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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  9. Microenvironmental Modulation for Therapeutic Efficacy of Extracellular Vesicles.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  15. Bone marrow aspirate concentrate quality is affected by age and harvest site.Knee surgery, sports traumatology, arthroscopy : official journal of the ESSKA · 2023
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  19. The potential therapeutic role of extracellular vesicles in osteoarthritis.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2022
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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

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alessandra ColombiniLaboratorio di Biotecnologie Applicate all'Ortopedia, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, I-20161 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1800-3424
Enrico RagniLaboratorio di Biotecnologie Applicate all'Ortopedia, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, I-20161 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-0272-7417
Leonardo MortatiINRIM-Istituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica, 10135 Torino, Italy.
Francesca LibonatiLaboratorio di Biotecnologie Applicate all'Ortopedia, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, I-20161 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0750-0505
Carlotta Perucca OrfeiLaboratorio di Biotecnologie Applicate all'Ortopedia, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, I-20161 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6162-8668
Marco ViganòLaboratorio di Biotecnologie Applicate all'Ortopedia, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, I-20161 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-6463-6564
Marco Brayda-BrunoIII Spine Surgery-Scoliosis Department, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, 20161 Milano, Italy.
Laura de GirolamoLaboratorio di Biotecnologie Applicate all'Ortopedia, IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, I-20161 Milano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9979-3092
Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi · ITIstituto Nazionale di Ricerca Metrologica · IT

Funding

Italian Ministry of Health Ricerca Corrente
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The study of the miRNA cargo embedded in extracellular vesicles (EVs) released from adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cells (ASC) preconditioned with IL-1β, an inflammatory stimulus driving osteoarthritis (OA), along with EVs-cartilage dynamic interaction represent poorly explored fields and are the purpose of the present research. ASCs were isolated from subcutaneous adipose tissue and EVs collected by ultracentrifugation. Shuttled miRNAs were scored by high-throughput screening and analyzed through bioinformatics approach that predicted the potentially modulated OA-related pathways. Fluorescently labeled EVs incorporation into OA cartilage explants was followed in vitro by time-lapse coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering; second harmonic generation and two-photon excited fluorescence. After IL-1β preconditioning, 7 miRNA were up-regulated, 4 down-regulated, 37 activated and 17 silenced. Bioinformatics allowed to identify miRNAs and target genes mainly involved in Wnt, Notch, TGFβ and Indian hedgehog (IHH) pathways, cartilage homeostasis, immune/inflammatory responses, cell senescence and autophagy. As well, ASC-EVs steadily diffuse in cartilage cells and matrix, reaching a plateau 16 h after administration. Overall, ASCs preconditioned with IL-1β allows secretion of EVs embedded with a chondro-protective miRNA cargo, able to fast penetrate in collagen-rich areas of cartilage with tissue saturation in a day. Further functional studies exploring the EVs dose-effects are needed to achieve clinical relevance.

Indexed as

Adipose TissueAdultCartilage, ArticularChondrocytesCollagenComputational BiologyExtracellular VesiclesFemaleHumansImage Processing, Computer-AssistedInflammationInterleukin-1betaKineticsMaleMesenchymal Stem CellsMicroRNAsCollagenIL1B protein, humanInterleukin-1betaMicroRNAsadipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cellscartilageextracellular vesiclesinterleukin 1 betamiRNAnonlinear optical microscopyosteoarthritistime-lapse

Identifiers

PMID34066077
PMCPMC8151616
OpenAlexW3163857436

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