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ArticleAdvanced healthcare materials2023

Formation and Investigation of Cell-Derived Nanovesicles as Potential Therapeutics against Chronic Liver Disease.

Aymar Abel Ganguin, Ivo Skorup, Sebastian Streb, Alaa Othman, Paola Luciani

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Article in Advanced healthcare materials, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Aymar Abel GanguinDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0003-3002-6172
Ivo SkorupDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland.ORCID 0009-0003-3045-7220
Sebastian StrebFunctional Genomics Center Zurich (FGCZ), University of Zurich/ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-9095-6596
Alaa OthmanFunctional Genomics Center Zurich (FGCZ), University of Zurich/ETH Zurich, Zurich, 8057, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0002-0092-5594
Paola LucianiDepartment of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Bern, Bern, 3012, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0001-9664-0149
University of Bern · CHUniversity of Zurich · CH

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A new therapeutic approach using cell-derived nanovesicles (cdNVs) is offered here to overcome the lack of effective treatments for liver fibrosis, a reversible chronic liver disease. To achieve this goal the formation and purification of cdNVs from untreated, quiescent-like, or activated LX-2 cells, an immortalized human hepatic stellate cell (HSC) line with key features of transdifferentiated HSCs are established. Analysis of the genotype and phenotype of naïve and transdifferentiated LX-2 cells activated through transforming growth factor beta 1, following treatment with cdNVs, reveals a concentration-dependent fibrosis regression. The beneficial fibrosis-resolving effects of cdNVs are linked to their biomolecular corona. Liposomes generated using lipids extracted from cdNVs exhibit a reduced antifibrotic response in perpetuated LX-2 cells and show a reduced cellular uptake. However, incubation with soluble factors collected during purification results in a new corona, thereby restoring fibrosis regression activity. Overall, cdNVs display encouraging therapeutic properties, making them a promising candidate for the development of liver fibrosis resolving therapeutics.

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LiverLiver CirrhosisCell LineFibrosisHepatic Stellate CellsHumanscell-derived nanovesicles (cdNVs)coronaextracellular vesicles mimeticsliver fibrosisLX-2 cells

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PMID37669775
PMCPMC11468924
OpenAlexW4386446541

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