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ReviewFrontiers in immunology2025

Exosome-based modulation of ferroptosis in neurological disorders: mechanisms, therapeutic potential, and translational challenges.

Xiaoying Bao, Liwei Chen, Hong Yu, Yunan Xie, Liangxiao Luo, Li Luo, Hanbing Wang, Rongbing Chen, Yongwei Cheng, Da Sun and 1 more

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Review in Frontiers in immunology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Xiaoying Bao *Geriatrics Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Liwei Chen *Geriatrics Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Hong Yu *Geriatrics Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Yunan XieCixi Biomedical Research Institute, Wenzhou Medical University, Cixi, China.
Liangxiao LuoGeriatrics Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Li LuoDepartment of Critical Care Medicine, Yiwu Central Hospital, the Affiliated Yiwu Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Yiwu, China.
Hanbing WangDepartment of Biotechnology, The University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Rongbing ChenDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
Yongwei ChengNational Engineering Research Center of Cell Growth Factor Drugs and Protein Biologics, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.
Da SunInstitute of Life Sciences & Biomedical Collaborative Innovation Center of Zhejiang Province, Wenzhou University, Wenzhou, China.
Chunwu ZhangGeriatrics Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neurological disorders, including acute insults such as stroke and traumatic brain injury and chronic neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson's disease, exert a profound global health burden. Ferroptosis, a distinct form of regulated cell death driven by iron accumulation, lipid peroxidation, and oxidative stress, has emerged as a central pathological mechanism across these conditions. Exosomes, nanoscale extracellular vesicles capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier and delivering functional cargos such as microRNAs, long non-coding RNAs, and proteins, have demonstrated remarkable potential in modulating ferroptotic signaling. Through regulation of the GPX4-GSH axis, ferritinophagy, iron homeostasis, and antioxidant pathways, exosome-based interventions offer neuroprotective benefits in diverse models of neurological injury. This review synthesizes current advances in the mechanistic understanding of ferroptosis and highlights emerging strategies leveraging exosomes as precision delivery platforms for ferroptosis-targeted therapy. We also discuss the translational challenges and future directions necessary to realize exosome-guided neuroprotection as a viable clinical paradigm.

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ExosomesFerroptosisNervous System DiseasesAnimalsHumansIronOxidative StressTranslational Research, BiomedicalIronblood–brain barrierexosomesferroptosisneurodegenerationoxidative stress

Identifiers

PMID41190075
PMCPMC12580104

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