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Exosomes-derived mesenchymal stem cells in corneal regeneration: Properties and challenges.

Ning Yao, Qian Zhang, Rongli Zhao, Xuemei Yang, Misbah Ullah Khan, Yan Dai

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Review in BioImpacts : BI, 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

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

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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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.

Ning YaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lanzhou Petrochemical General Hospital (Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine), Lanzhou, 730060, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0008-3496-7179
Qian ZhangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lanzhou Petrochemical General Hospital (Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine), Lanzhou, 730060, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0000-6699-6312
Rongli ZhaoDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lanzhou Petrochemical General Hospital (Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine), Lanzhou, 730060, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7154-9326
Xuemei YangDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lanzhou Petrochemical General Hospital (Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine), Lanzhou, 730060, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0004-1187-8326
Misbah Ullah KhanCentre for Nanosciences, University of Okara, Okara 56130 Pakistan.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2960-103X
Yan DaiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Lanzhou Petrochemical General Hospital (Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Gansu University of Chinese Medicine), Lanzhou, 730060, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4130-9753

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of mesenchymal stem cell (MSC) therapy has grown rapidly over the last ten years. MSCs' regenerative, and immunomodulatory properties have led to extensive research into them as therapeutic agents for the cell-based management of chronic ocular diseases. However, poor biocompatibility, penetration, and transport to the target ocular tissues restrict the use of MSC-based treatment. The involvement of exosomes in MSC biological functions has been clarified by a growing body of research, which also indicates that MSC-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) have similar anti-inflammatory, anti-apoptotic, tissue-repairing, neuroprotective, and immunomodulatory qualities as MSCs. Recent developments in exosomes produced from MSCs may help address the difficulties MSC therapy faces. MSC-derived exosomes' nanoscale size enables them to quickly cross biological barriers and enter immune-privileged organs. This enables the effective delivery of therapeutic factors, like trophic and immunomodulatory agents, to ocular tissues that are normally difficult for both conventional therapy and MSC transplantation to target. Furthermore, mesenchymal stem cell transplantation hazards are reduced when EVs are used. The properties of EVs produced by MSCs and their biological roles in corneal regeneration are the main topics of this review of the literature.

Indexed as

CataractsCorneal regenerationExtracellular vesiclesMesenchymal stem cells-derived exosomesRegenerative therapy

Identifiers

PMID41322391
PMCPMC12663748

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