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ReviewInternational journal of nanomedicine2025

Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: Emerging Therapies for Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Puwen Chen, Fangsheng Wang, Baodian Ling, Yifan Zhu, Haihong Lin, Junyun Huang, Xiaoling Wang

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Review in International journal of nanomedicine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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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

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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

7 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Puwen Chen *The First School of Clinical Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, People's Republic of China.
Fangsheng Wang *Laboratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, People's Republic of China.
Baodian LingLaboratory Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, People's Republic of China.
Yifan ZhuThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, People's Republic of China.
Haihong LinThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, People's Republic of China.
Junyun HuangThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, People's Republic of China.
Xiaoling WangThe First School of Clinical Medicine, Gannan Medical University, Ganzhou, 341000, People's Republic of China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurodegenerative diseases are a group of chronic diseases characterized by a gradual loss of neurons that worsens over time and dysfunction. These diseases are extremely harmful, not only affecting the physical health of the patients, but also having a serious impact on their quality of life. They mainly include Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), Huntington's disease (HD), Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), etc. Their pathogenesis is complex, and it is difficult for the existing treatments to effectively slow down the progression of the disease. In recent years, Mesenchymal Stem Cells (MSCs) have received widespread attention for their anti-inflammatory, immunomodulatory and neuroprotective properties. In this context, MSC-derived Extracellular Vesicles (MSC-EVs) have demonstrated unique therapeutic potential as a cell-free therapeutic strategy. MSC-EVs are rich in bioactive substances such as proteins, lipids, mRNAs and miRNAs, which can pass through the blood-brain barrier and be targeted to the diseased area to regulate neuronal survival, synaptic plasticity and neuroinflammatory responses. In addition, compared with stem cell therapy, MSC-EVs have the advantages of low immunogenicity, easy storage and transportation, and avoiding ethical controversies. However, their clinical application still faces challenges: standardized isolation and purification techniques have not been unified, vesicle loading efficiency and targeting need to be further optimized, and long-term safety needs to be systematically evaluated. This review focuses on the role of MSC-EVs in the development of neurological diseases and explores their possible dual roles, both favorable and unfavorable, in the context of neurological diseases. In addition, this review provides a review of current studies on EVs as potential biomarkers for the diagnosis and treatment of neurodegenerative diseases and provides a comprehensive review of the prospects and challenges of MSC-EVs in clinical applications.

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Extracellular VesiclesMesenchymal Stem CellsMesenchymal Stem Cell TransplantationNeurodegenerative DiseasesBiomarkersHumansBiomarkersAlzheimer’s diseaseamyotrophic lateral sclerosisextracellular vesiclesHuntington’s diseasemesenchymal stem cellParkinson’s disease

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PMID40620684
PMCPMC12229161

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