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ArticleStem cell reports2024

The urgent need for clear and concise regulations on exosome-based interventions.

Misao Fujita, Taichi Hatta, Tsunakuni Ikka, Tatsuo Onishi

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Article in Stem cell reports, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Exosomes in precision dermatology: From biomarkers to targeted therapeutics in personalized care.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2026
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  5. 'Exosomes': The Hype, the Chasm, and Beyond.Journal of extracellular biology · 2026
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  14. Multiscale Construction, Evaluation, and Application of Organoids.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2025
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  17. Exosomes - A Boon in Disguise?Indian dermatology online journal · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Misao FujitaUehiro Research Division for iPS Cell Ethics, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA), Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (WPI-ASHBi), KUIAS, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. Electronic address: misao-fujita@cira.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
Taichi HattaGraduate School of Public Health, Shizuoka Graduate University of Public Health, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka 420-0881, Japan.
Tsunakuni IkkaDivision of Bioethics & Healthcare Law, Institute for Cancer Control, National Cancer Center Japan, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan; Division of Bioethics, Center for Research Administration and Support, National Cancer Center Japan, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 104-0045, Japan.
Tatsuo OnishiMLIP Law Office, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0004, Japan.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Turner and colleagues recently argued that countries with unclear laws and regulations regarding stem cells, exosomes, and other regenerative medicine products should develop and enforce more comprehensive regulatory structures. We fully agree with this opinion and discuss that failure to do so may lead to troubling predicaments, such as the Japanese cases, where patients are at risk of serious complications or even death.

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ExosomesHumansRegenerative MedicineStem Cells

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PMID39454583
PMCPMC11589178

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