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ReviewFrontiers in cell and developmental biology2021

Extracellular Vesicles as Innovative Treatment Strategy for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Ke Wang, Yu Li, Chao Ren, Yongjing Wang, Wenshan He, Yuan Jiang

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Review 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 18 papers.

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18citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 10% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

18 citing papers in PubMed, 37 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ke WangClinical Medical College and The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Yu LiClinical Medical College and The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Chao RenClinical Medical College and The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Yongjing WangClinical Medical College and The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Wenshan HeClinical Medical College and The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China.
Yuan JiangClinical Medical College and The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, China.
First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive and fatal motor neuron degenerative disease, and it is hard to diagnose in the early stage, and treatment means are limited, and the treatment effect is unsatisfactory. Therefore, exploring a new effective treatment strategy is urgently needed for ALS patients. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are a heterogeneous group of natural membrane vesicles containing many bioactive substances, and they play important roles in the paracrine pathway and exhibit neuroprotection effects. A growing body of evidence shows that EVs have great application potential in diagnosis, treatment, and drug delivery in ALS, and they represent an innovative treatment strategy for ALS. In this review, we will briefly introduce the biogenesis of EVs and focus on discussing the role of EVs in ALS treatment to further enrich and boost the development of EVs as an innovative treatment strategy for ALS.

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amyotrophic lateral sclerosisexosome-mimicsextracellular vesiclesplant EVstreatment strategy

Identifiers

PMID34858980
PMCPMC8632491
OpenAlexW3212889260

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