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ArticleNeural regeneration research2023

Exosomes derived from human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells alleviate Parkinson's disease and neuronal damage through inhibition of microglia.

Zhong-Xia Zhang, Yong-Jie Zhou, Ping Gu, Wei Zhao, Hong-Xu Chen, Ruo-Yu Wu, Lu-Yang Zhou, Qing-Zhuo Cui, Shao-Kang Sun, Lin-Qi Zhang and 4 more

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Article in Neural regeneration research, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 35 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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35citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 53 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Zhong-Xia ZhangDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Yong-Jie ZhouResearch Center, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Ping GuDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Wei ZhaoResearch Center, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Hong-Xu ChenResearch Center, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Ruo-Yu WuResearch Center, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Lu-Yang ZhouResearch Center, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Qing-Zhuo CuiResearch Center, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Shao-Kang SunResearch Center, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Lin-Qi ZhangResearch Center, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Ke ZhangResearch Center, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Hong-Jun XuResearch Center, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Xi-Qing ChaiDepartment of Neurology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Sheng-Jun AnResearch Center, Hebei University of Chinese Medicine, Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province, China.
Hebei University of Chinese Medicine · CNHebei Medical University · CNFirst Affiliated Hospital of Hebei Medical University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Microglia-mediated inflammatory responses have been shown to play a crucial role in Parkinson's disease. In addition, exosomes derived from mesenchymal stem cells have shown anti-inflammatory effects in the treatment of a variety of diseases. However, whether they can protect neurons in Parkinson's disease by inhibiting microglia-mediated inflammatory responses is not yet known. In this study, exosomes were isolated from human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells and injected into a 6-hydroxydopamine-induced rat model of Parkinson's disease. We found that the exosomes injected through the tail vein and lateral ventricle were absorbed by dopaminergic neurons and microglia on the affected side of the brain, where they repaired nigral-striatal dopamine system damage and inhibited microglial activation. Furthermore, in an in vitro cell model, pretreating lipopolysaccharide-stimulated BV2 cells with exosomes reduced interleukin-1β and interleukin-18 secretion, prevented the adoption of pyroptosis-associated morphology by BV2 cells, and increased the survival rate of SH-SY5Y cells. Potential targets for treatment with human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells and exosomes were further identified by high-throughput microRNA sequencing and protein spectrum sequencing. Our findings suggest that human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells and exosomes are a potential treatment for Parkinson's disease, and that their neuroprotective effects may be mediated by inhibition of excessive microglial proliferation.

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6-hydroxydopaminedopamine neuronsexosomesinflammationmesenchymal stem cellsmicrogliaParkinson’s diseasepyroptosis

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PMCPMC10328268
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