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SynthesisCalcified tissue international2025

Would Exosome Therapy be Effective for Bone Regeneration? Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

Virgínia Amorin Fróes de Moraes, Francisco Mônico Moreira, Carolina Dos Santos Santinoni, Victor Eduardo de Souza Batista, Graziela Garrido Mori

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Synthesis in Calcified tissue international, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Virgínia Amorin Fróes de MoraesMedicine Course, University of Western São Paulo (UNOESTE), Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil.
Francisco Mônico MoreiraMedicine Course, University of Western São Paulo (UNOESTE), Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil.
Carolina Dos Santos SantinoniDentistry Course, Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC), Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil.
Victor Eduardo de Souza BatistaDentistry Course, University of Western São Paulo (UNOESTE), Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil.
Graziela Garrido MoriMedicine Course, University of Western São Paulo (UNOESTE), Presidente Prudente, São Paulo, Brazil. grazielagmori@gmail.com.

Funding

Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo 2023/02451-1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Tissue engineering creates possibilities for promoting bone regeneration, which can culminate in an ideal therapy for treating bone defects. Considering its tools, especially exosomes (Exos), inferring its efficiency is fundamental for future clinical protocols. Therefore, this research aimed to analyze, through a systematic review, the effectiveness of Exos therapy for regenerating bone. The study followed the PRISMA, and an electronic search for literature was performed until January 2024 to answer the PICO question: Would exosome therapy be effective for bone regeneration? Bone regeneration and cellular and molecular mechanisms were included in primary and secondary outcomes, respectively. The dosage, route of administration, and source cells have also been reported. The risk of bias was investigated according to the criteria of SYRCLE's RoB tool. The meta-analysis was executed using the standardized mean difference for bone mineral density (BMD) and volume ratio bone/whole bone (BV/TV) for cranial bone defects. A total of 3718 were examined, and after applying the eligibility criteria and excluding duplicates, 91 articles were included in the results. All studies demonstrated that Exos were effective in promoting regeneration of bone defects, being superior to the control groups established by each study included in this review, in most cases. The meta-analysis proved the superiority of Exos when BMD and BV/TV were analyzed. An increase in the levels of Runx2, ALP, OCN, OPN, CD31, COL-1, and VEGF, and presence of osteoblasts, M2-type macrophages, and endothelial cells, indicating osteogenic and angiogenic molecular and cellular mechanisms. The mesenchymal stem cells are the most commonly used origin cells. Exos dosage was varied, associated with scaffolds or hydrogels for application in bone defects. The risk of bias identified high scientific evidence for most domains. The Exos therapy is effective for bone regeneration and shows promise for this purpose.

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Bone RegenerationExosomesAnimalsBone DensityHumansTissue EngineeringBone regenerationExosomeExtracellular vesiclesTissue engineering

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