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Exosomes as Future Therapeutic Tools and Targets for Corneal Diseases.

Joshua Gamez, Daxian Zha, Shaghaiegh M Ebrahimi, Seok White, Alexander V Ljubimov, Mehrnoosh Saghizadeh

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Review in Cells, 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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0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed
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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

6 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Engineering Microbial Particles for Next-Generation Biomedical Platforms.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  5. Exosomes in corneal diseases: advances in diagnosis and therapy.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2026
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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

6 authors.

Joshua GamezBiomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Daxian ZhaBiomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Shaghaiegh M EbrahimiBiomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Seok WhiteBiomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.
Alexander V LjubimovBiomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2398-5319
Mehrnoosh SaghizadehBiomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA 90048, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4956-569X

Funding

Mechanisms of Epithelial Alterations in Diabetic CorneaR01EY013431 · NEI · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI Alexander V Ljubimov · 2001 to 2026
$11.3M
The Role of MicroRNAs in Normal and Diseased Corneal Epithelial HomeostasisR01EY025377 · NEI · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI Mehrnoosh Saghizadeh Ghiam · 2015 to 2026
$4.3M
Regulation of Limbal Niche in Normal and Diabetic Cornea by Extracellular VesiclesR01EY029829 · NEI · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI GHIAM, MEHRNOOSH SAGHIZADEH · 2019 to 2023
$2.6M
Wnt5a, a New Diabetic Corneal Marker Related to Wound HealingR01EY031377 · NEI · CEDARS-SINAI MEDICAL CENTER · PI LJUBIMOV, ALEXANDER V · 2020 to 2024
$2.1M
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY013431NEI NIH HHS R01 EY025377NEI NIH HHS R01 EY029829NEI NIH HHS R01 EY031377NIH HHS R01EY013431 (AVL)NIH HHS R01 EY025377 (MS)NIH HHS R01EY029829 (MS)NIH HHS R01EY031377 (AVL)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The therapeutic potential of exosomes (Exos), a subpopulation of extracellular vesicles (EVs) secreted by various cell types, has been broadly emphasized. Exos are endosome-derived membrane-bound vesicles 50-150 nm in size. Exos can be general or cell type-specific. Their contents enable them to function as multi-signaling and vectorized vehicles. Exos are important for maintaining cellular homeostasis. They are released into extracellular spaces, leading to uptake by neighboring or distant cells and delivering their contents to modulate cell signaling. Exos influence tissue responses to injury, infection, and disease by fusion with the target cells and transferring their cargo, including cytokines, growth and angiogenic factors, signaling molecules, lipids, DNA, mRNAs, and non-coding RNAs. They are implicated in various physiological and pathological conditions, including ocular surface events, such as corneal scarring, wound healing, and inflammation. Their biocompatibility, stability, low immunogenicity, and easy detectability in bodily fluids (blood, tears, saliva, and urine) make them promising tools for diagnosing and treating ocular diseases. The potential to engineer specific Exo cargos makes them outstanding therapeutic delivery vehicles. The objective of this review is to provide novel insights into the functions of Exo cargos and their applications as biomarkers and therapeutics, or targets in the cornea.

Indexed as

Corneal DiseasesExosomesAnimalsBiomarkersHumansBiomarkersbiomarkerscell–cell communicationcorneacrosstalkexosome blockersexosomesmiRNAstherapeutics targetstherapeutic tools

Identifiers

PMID40643480
PMCPMC12248451

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