Observational studyAesthetic plastic surgery2025
Autologous Micrografts Containing Nanovesicles, Exosomes, and Follicle Stem Cells in Androgenetic Alopecia: In Vitro and In Vivo Analysis Through a Multicentric, Observational, Evaluator-Blinded Study.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Exosome-driven treatments for hair regrowth in androgenetic alopecia: a systematic review of preclinical studies, clinical experiments, safety, and future prospects.Molecular biology reports · 2026Pooled it
- Extracellular Vesicles for Androgenetic Alopecia: Current Evidence, Mechanisms, and Clinical Prospects.International journal of nanomedicine · 2026Review
- Promises and Pitfalls of Regenerative Therapies for Androgenetic Alopecia: Platelet-Rich Plasma, Photobiomodulation, Stem Cells, and Exosomes.Medical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Lithium chloride-treated human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells-derived exsomes promote hair growth by regulating miR-146a-5p-wnt pathway.Stem cells translational medicine · 2025Article
- Review
- Exosomes and Hair Regeneration: A Systematic Review of Clinical Evidence Across Alopecia Types and Exosome Sources.Clinical, cosmetic and investigational dermatology · 2025Review
- Mapping the Landscape of Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: From Bench to Bedside.Stem cells international · 2025Article
- The tiny giants of regeneration: MSC-derived extracellular vesicles as next-generation therapeutics.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe use of micrografts (MCGs) containing human follicle mesenchymal stem cells (HF-MSCs) is a hair loss (HL) treatment that needs to be standardized as seems to have promising effects on hair regrowth (HR-G) also thanks to the presence of extracellular vesicles (EVs).
objectivesThe study aims to report both the in vivo results, obtained in patients affected by androgenic alopecia (AGA) treated using MCGs, and in vitro analysis characterizing the EVs.
methodsA multicentric, retrospective, observational, evaluator-blinded study was conducted. Eighty-three AGA patients were initially enrolled [52 suffering from male pattern hair loss (MPHL) at stages I-III vertex by the Norwood-Hamilton scale and 31 suffering from female PHL (FPHL) at stages I-II by the Ludwig scale]. Sixty patients (20 females and 40 males) were treated and analyzed after exclusion and inclusion criteria assessment. The in vivo HR-G was evaluated through photography, physician's, and patient's global assessment scales, in addition to standardized photo-trichograms, during a follow-up for 1 year, while the in vitro analysis was performed through a quantitative, morphological, and dimensional characterization of the EVs population using transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and fluorescent microscopy.
resultsA hair density (HD) increase of 28 ± 4 hairs/cm
conclusionsMCGs containing HF-MSCs and exosomes may fill in as a safe and viable alternative treatment against HL in mild and moderate degrees of AGA both in MPHL and in FPHL. LEVEL OF EVIDENCE III: This journal requires that authors assign a level of evidence to each article. For a full description of these Evidence-Based Medicine ratings, please refer to the Table of Contents or the online Instructions to Authors www.springer.com/00266 .
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