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ReviewFrontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology2023

Exosomes combined with biomaterials in the treatment of spinal cord injury.

Xuanxuan Zhang, Wenwei Jiang, Yan Lu, Tiantian Mao, Yu Gu, Dingyue Ju, Chuanming Dong

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Review in Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
21citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  10. NcRNAs: a potential treatment for spinal cord injury.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2025
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  11. Exosomes in Diabetic Wound Healing: Mechanisms, Applications, and Perspectives.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2025
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  13. Defects in Exosome Biogenesis Are Associated with Sensorimotor Defects in ZebrafishThe Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2024
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  17. Immediate administration of hTERT-MSCs-IDO1-EVs reduces hypoalbuminemia after spinal cord injury.Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2024
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  18. Role of Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes and microRNAs in Spinal Cord Injury.International journal of molecular sciences · 2023
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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

7 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Xuanxuan ZhangDepartment of Anatomy, Medical College of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Wenwei JiangDepartment of Anatomy, Medical College of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Yan LuDepartment of Anatomy, Medical College of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Tiantian MaoDepartment of Anatomy, Medical College of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Yu GuDepartment of Anatomy, Medical College of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Dingyue JuDepartment of Anatomy, Medical College of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Chuanming DongDepartment of Anatomy, Medical College of Nantong University, Nantong, China.
Nantong University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is a serious and disabling disease with a high mortality rate. It often leads to complete or partial sensory and motor dysfunction and is accompanied by a series of secondary outcomes, such as pressure sores, pulmonary infections, deep vein thrombosis in the lower extremities, urinary tract infections, and autonomic dysfunction. Currently, the main treatments for SCI include surgical decompression, drug therapy, and postoperative rehabilitation. Studies have shown that cell therapy plays a beneficial role in the treatment of SCI. Nonetheless, there is controversy regarding the therapeutic effect of cell transplantation in SCI models. Meanwhile exosomes, as a new therapeutic medium for regenerative medicine, possess the advantages of small size, low immunogenicity, and the ability to cross the blood-spinal cord barrier. Certain studies have shown that stem cell-derived exosomes have anti-inflammatory effects and can play an irreplaceable role in the treatment of SCI. In this case, it is difficult for a single treatment method to play an effective role in the repair of neural tissue after SCI. The combination of biomaterial scaffolds and exosomes can better transfer and fix exosomes to the injury site and improve their survival rate. This paper first reviews the current research status of stem cell-derived exosomes and biomaterial scaffolds in the treatment of SCI respectively, and then describes the application of exosomes combined with biomaterial scaffolds in the treatment of SCI, as well as the challenges and prospects.

Indexed as

axonal regenerationbiomaterial scaffoldexosomesspinal cord injurystem cells

Identifiers

PMID36994357
PMCPMC10040754
OpenAlexW4324088316

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