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ReviewCNS & neurological disorders drug targets2024

A New Paradigm in Spinal Cord Injury Therapy: from Cell-free Treatment to Engineering Modifications.

Bo Qin, Xi-Min Hu, Yan-Xia Huang, Rong-Hua Yang, Kun Xiong

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Review in CNS & neurological disorders drug targets, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Nanocarrier-mediated drug delivery systems for spinal cord injury treatment.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Bo QinHubei Key Laboratory for Kidney Disease Pathogenesis and Intervention, Hubei Polytechnic University School of Medicine, Huangshi, 435003, China.
Xi-Min HuClinical Medicine Eight-year Program, 02 Class, 17 Grade, Xiangya School of Medicine, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China.
Yan-Xia HuangHealth Management Center, the Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China.
Rong-Hua YangDepartment of Burn and Plastic Surgery, Guangzhou First People's Hospital, School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, 510180, China.
Kun XiongDepartment of Anatomy and Neurobiology, School of Basic Medical Science, Central South University, Changsha, 410013, China.

Funding

Hubei Polytechnic University (21xjz06Q)National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) and 81772134,82172196,81971891
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Spinal cord injury (SCI) is an intractable and poorly prognostic neurological disease, and current treatments are still unable to cure it completely and avoid sequelae. Extracellular vesicles (EVs), as important carriers of intercellular communication and pharmacological effects, are considered to be the most promising candidates for SCI therapy because of their low toxicity and immunogenicity, their ability to encapsulate endogenous bioactive molecules (e.g., proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids), and their ability to cross the blood-brain/cerebrospinal barriers. However, poor targeting, low retention rate, and limited therapeutic efficacy of natural EVs have bottlenecked EVs-based SCI therapy. A new paradigm for SCI treatment will be provided by engineering modified EVs. Furthermore, our limited understanding of the role of EVs in SCI pathology hinders the rational design of novel EVbased therapeutic approaches. In this study, we review the pathophysiology after SCI, especially the multicellular EVs-mediated crosstalk; briefly describe the shift from cellular to cell-free therapies for SCI treatment; discuss and analyze the issues related to the route and dose of EVs administration; summarize and present the common strategies for EVs drug loading in the treatment of SCI and point out the shortcomings of these drug loading methods; finally, we analyze and highlight the feasibility and advantages of bio-scaffold-encapsulated EVs for SCI treatment, providing scalable insights into cell-free therapy for SCI.

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Extracellular VesiclesSpinal Cord InjuriesAnimalsHumansbiomaterialsdrug loadingengineeringExtracellular vesiclesspinal cord injurysustained delivery.

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PMID37076458

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