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ArticleStem cells international2024

Effects of Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Human Umbilical Cord Blood Mesenchymal Stem Cells on Cell Immunity in Nonobese Mice.

Yang Ou, Yang Yang, Yan Wang, Heng Su, Yi-Kun Zhou

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Article in Stem cells international, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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.

Yang OuDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Kunhua Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650032, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2879-6349
Yang YangDepartment of Urology, Kunming Yan'an Hospital, The Yan'an Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650233, China.
Yan WangDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Kunhua Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650032, China.
Heng SuDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Kunhua Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650032, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0660-8212
Yi-Kun ZhouDepartment of Endocrinology and Metabolism, First People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, The Kunhua Affiliated Hospital of Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming 650032, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0007-5749-3909
Kunming University of Science and Technology · CNKunming Medical University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Autoimmune responses are the most important pathogenic mechanisms underlying type 1 diabetes (T1D). Extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have immunomodulatory effects. In this study, we investigated whether EVs derived from human umbilical cord MSCs (HucMSC-EVs) have treatment effects on nonobese diabetic (NOD) mice as model of T1D. HucMSC-EVs were isolated from human umbilical cord MSCs and characterized. NOD mice (aged 4 weeks) were administered with HucMSC-EVs or the same volume of phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) via caudal vein injection twice per week. After 8 weeks of treatment, blood, spleen, and pancreatic samples were collected. Mouse blood glucose levels and body weights were measured during treatment, and insulin concentration and inflammatory cytokine levels were analyzed by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA). Hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining and immunohistochemistry (IHC) staining were used to evaluate pathological changes in mouse islets. T lymphocyte subsets were evaluated by flow cytometry, while quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR) and Western blot (WB) analyses were used to detect the expression of transcription factor and inflammatory cytokines. Our data indicated that HucMSC-EVs treatment reduced blood glucose levels and increased insulin concentration in NOD mice. Levels of interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-4, and IL-10 were significantly increased and those of IL-1

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