ArticleFrontiers in immunology2023
Immunomodulatory potential of mesenchymal stromal cell-derived extracellular vesicles in chondrocyte inflammation.
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- Targeting osteoarthritis with small extracellular vesicle therapy: potential and perspectives.Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology · 2025Pooled it
- CILP Inhibits hyaline cartilage fibrosis and chondrocyte ferroptosis via keap1-Nrf2 axis in early osteoarthritis exercise therapy.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026Article
- Anti-Inflammatory and Angiogenic Effects of Stem Cell Secretome.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
- A New Subpopulation of Extracellular Vesicles Harvested from Osteogenically Induced Mesenchymal Stromal Cells of Surgical Site-Released Tissue.Biomolecules · 2026Article
- Biological Sex Is Under-Reported in Cartilage-Related Preclinical Research: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.JOR spine · 2025Article
- A molecular systems architecture of the mesenchymal stromal cell microenvironment.Stem cells (Dayton, Ohio) · 2025Article
- Alone or in combination, hyaluronic acid and chondroitin sulfate alleviate ECM degradation in osteoarthritis by inhibiting the NF-κB pathway.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2025Article
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Abstract
Introduction: Osteoarthritis (OA) affects a large percentage of the population worldwide. Current surgical and nonsurgical concepts for treating OA only result in symptom-modifying effects. However, there is no disease-modifying therapy available. Extracellular vesicles released by mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSC-EV) are promising agents to positively influence joint homeostasis in the osteoarthritic surroundings. This pilot study aimed to investigate the effect of characterized MSC-EVs on chondrogenesis in a 3D chondrocyte inflammation model with the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNFα. Methods: Bovine articular chondrocytes were expanded and transferred into pellet culture at passage 3. TNFα, human MSC-EV preparations (MSC-EV batches 41.5-EV Results: TNFα supplementation resulted in catabolic stimulation with increased levels of NO and IL-6, upregulation of catabolic gene expression, and downregulation of anabolic markers. These findings were supported by a decrease in matrix differentiation (COL-II). Supplementation of EVs resulted in an upregulation of the chondrogenic marker PRG-4. All MSC-EV preparations significantly increased GAG retention per pellet. In contrast, catabolic markers and IL-8 expression were upregulated by 41.5-EV Discussion: MSC-EVs can positively influence chondrocyte matrix production in pro-inflammatory surroundings, but can also stimulate inflammation. In this study MSC-EV 41.5-EV
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