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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2022

Extracellular Vesicles in Inner Ear Therapies-Pathophysiological, Manufacturing, and Clinical Considerations.

Athanasia Warnecke, Hinrich Staecker, Eva Rohde, Mario Gimona, Anja Giesemann, Agnieszka J Szczepek, Arianna Di Stadio, Ingeborg Hochmair, Thomas Lenarz

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
15citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 21% 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

15 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Clinical Applications of Extracellular Vesicles: Promises and Pitfalls.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  6. Round window membrane extracellular vesicles facilitate inner ear drug delivery.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2025
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  8. Rational Design of Inner Ear Drug Delivery Systems.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  11. Extracellular vesicles for developing targeted hearing loss therapy.Journal of controlled release : official journal of the Controlled Release Society · 2024
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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

9 authors at 6 institutions in 6 countries.

Athanasia WarneckeDepartment of Otolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Hinrich StaeckerDepartment of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Rainbow Blvd., Kansas City, KS 66160, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-0348-3015
Eva RohdeGMP Unit, Spinal Cord Injury & Tissue Regeneration Centre Salzburg (SCI-TReCS), Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
Mario GimonaGMP Unit, Spinal Cord Injury & Tissue Regeneration Centre Salzburg (SCI-TReCS), Paracelsus Medical University, 5020 Salzburg, Austria.
Anja GiesemannDepartment of Diagnostic and Interventional Neuroradiology, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Str. 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany.
Agnieszka J SzczepekDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, 10117 Berlin, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9292-6606
Arianna Di StadioDepartment GF Ingrassia, University of Catania, 95124 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5510-3814
Ingeborg HochmairMED-EL Medical Electronics, Fürstenweg 77a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria.
Thomas LenarzDepartment of Otolaryngology, Hannover Medical School, 30625 Hannover, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-9307-5989
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover · DEParacelsus Medical University · ATMED-EL (Austria) · ATUniversity of Catania · ITUniversity of Kansas · USUniversity of Zielona Góra · PL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

(1) Background: Sensorineural hearing loss is a common and debilitating condition. To date, comprehensive pharmacologic interventions are not available. The complex and diverse molecular pathology that underlies hearing loss may limit our ability to intervene with small molecules. The current review foccusses on the potential for the use of extracellular vesicles in neurotology. (2) Methods: Narrative literature review. (3) Results: Extracellular vesicles provide an opportunity to modulate a wide range of pathologic and physiologic pathways and can be manufactured under GMP conditions allowing for their application in the human inner ear. The role of inflammation in hearing loss with a focus on cochlear implantation is shown. How extracellular vesicles may provide a therapeutic option for complex inflammatory disorders of the inner ear is discussed. Additionally, manufacturing and regulatory issues that need to be addressed to develop EVs as advanced therapy medicinal product for use in the inner ear are outlined. (4) Conclusion: Given the complexities of inner ear injury, novel therapeutics such as extracellular vesicles could provide a means to modulate inflammation, stress pathways and apoptosis in the inner ear.

Indexed as

cochleacochlear implantationexosomesextracellular vesicleshearing lossinflammationmultipotent mesenchymal stromal cellsoxidative stressumbilical cord

Identifiers

PMID36556073
PMCPMC9788356
OpenAlexW4312211678

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