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ArticleJournal of extracellular vesicles2025

Induced Treg-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Suppress CD4

Carolina Rojas, Michelle García, Luis González-Osuna, Mauricio Campos-Mora, Enrique Ponce de León, Alfredo Sierra-Cristancho, Claudia Terraza, Cristian Cortez, Luis Daniel Sansores-España, Paola Carvajal and 6 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 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis 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

8 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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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

16 authors.

Carolina RojasLaboratorio de Biología Periodontal, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4004-3999
Michelle GarcíaLaboratorio de Biología Periodontal, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4283-7269
Luis González-OsunaLaboratorio de Biología Periodontal, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8456-6372
Mauricio Campos-MoraCentro de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3736-8055
Enrique Ponce de LeónDepartamento de Rehabilitación Oral, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.
Alfredo Sierra-CristanchoLaboratorio de Biología Periodontal, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0952-9835
Claudia TerrazaLaboratorio de Biología Periodontal, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6851-6300
Cristian CortezEscuela de Tecnología Médica, Faculty of Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Valparaíso, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1887-0808
Luis Daniel Sansores-EspañaLaboratorio de Biología Periodontal, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7394-4411
Paola CarvajalLaboratorio de Biología Periodontal, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5045-4412
Jordan BazoerSchool of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of West London, London, UK.
Qi PengCentre for Nephrology, Urology and Transplantation, School of Immunology and Mucosal Biology, King's College London, London, UK.
Charlotte LawsonComparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, London, UK.
Lesley A SmythSchool of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of West London, London, UK.
Karina Pino-LagosCentro de Investigación e Innovación Biomédica, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Los Andes, Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4070-6169
Rolando VernalLaboratorio de Biología Periodontal, Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1391-320X

Funding

Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID) Fondecyt 1210654 (KP-L)Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID) Fondecyt 1220999 (RV)Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID) Ph.D Schollarship 21180841 (CR)Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID) Ph.D Schollarship 21190087 (LG-O)Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID) Ph.D Schollarship 21221750 (AS-C)Agencia Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo (ANID) Ph.D Schollarship 21231392 (LS-E)
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Regulatory T cell (Treg)-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) represent a contact-independent mechanism by which Tregs suppress dysregulated immune responses. These EVs carry diverse immunomodulatory molecules, including CD73, an ectoenzyme that hydrolyses AMP into adenosine. Adenosine subsequently acts as a potent immunosuppressive mediator that inhibits effector CD4⁺ T cell activation and controls pathological inflammation. Periodontitis is a highly prevalent inflammatory disease characterised by the accumulation of IL-17A-expressing CD4⁺ T cells in response to dysbiotic oral bacterial biofilms, ultimately leading to RANKL-mediated alveolar bone resorption and tooth loss. We tested the hypothesis that CD73⁺ Treg-derived EVs, isolated from Tregs induced with polarising cytokines in the presence of retinoic acid, could limit inflammation and prevent alveolar bone loss in periodontitis. Our findings demonstrate that Tregs induced with polarising cytokines in the presence of retinoic acid express high levels of CD73 and secrete adenosine-producing suppressive CD73

Indexed as

5'-NucleotidaseAdenosineAlveolar Bone LossCD4-Positive T-LymphocytesExtracellular VesiclesPeriodontitisT-Lymphocytes, RegulatoryAnimalsHumansImmunomodulationInflammationInterleukin-17MaleMiceMice, Inbred C57BL5'-NucleotidaseAdenosineInterleukin-175’‐nucleotidaseadenosineextracellular vesiclesperiodontitisregulatory T cellretinoic acidTreg

Identifiers

PMID40620009
PMCPMC12230360

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