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ArticleJournal of extracellular vesicles2025

MFGE-8, a Corona Protein on Extracellular Vesicles, Mediates Self-Renewal and Survival of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells.

Youngseok Lee, Hyojin Kim, Heeseok Yoon, Seunghyun Cho, Jeongjun Kim, Jihun Lee, Sang-Hun Choi, Hyesun Cho, Dong-Hun Woo, Jung-Hyuck Park and 2 more

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Article in Journal of extracellular vesicles, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Endogenous Engineering Reprograms Extracellular Vesicles for Enhanced Therapeutic Function.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  3. Does extracellular vesicle specificity truly exist?Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2026
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Youngseok LeeLaboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Hyojin KimLaboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Heeseok YoonLaboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Seunghyun ChoLaboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Jeongjun KimLaboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Jihun LeeLaboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.
Sang-Hun ChoiDepartment of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Hyesun ChoDepartment of Neuroscience, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, USA.
Dong-Hun WooDepartment of New Drug Development, NEXEL Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea.
Jung-Hyuck ParkDepartment of New Drug Development, NEXEL Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea.
Choongseong HanDepartment of New Drug Development, NEXEL Co., Ltd., Seoul, South Korea.
Jong-Hoon KimLaboratory of Stem Cells and Tissue Regeneration, Department of Biotechnology, College of Life Sciences and Biotechnology, Korea University, Seoul, South Korea.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3419-0538

Funding

Korean Fund for Regenerative Medicine 22A0204L1National Research Foundation of Korea RS-2023-00280923
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) and secretory factors play crucial roles in intercellular communication, but the molecular mechanisms and dynamics governing their interplay in human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) are poorly understood. Here, we demonstrate that hPSC-secreted milk fat globule-EGF factor 8 (MFGE-8) is the principal corona protein at the periphery of EVs, playing an essential role in controlling hPSC stemness. MFGE-8 depletion reduced EV-mediated self-renewal and survival in hPSC cultures. MFGE-8 in the EV corona bound to integrin α

Indexed as

Cell Self RenewalExtracellular VesiclesMilk ProteinsPluripotent Stem CellsAntigens, SurfaceCell SurvivalHumansOxidative StressAntigens, SurfaceMFGE8 protein, humanMilk Proteinsextracellular vesicleshuman pluripotent stem cellsMFGE‐8protein coronastemness

Identifiers

PMID40130745
PMCPMC11934218

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