The impact of sensory neuropathy and inflammation on epithelial wound healing in diabetic corneas

XY Fu-Shin, PSY Lee, L Yang, N Gao, Y Zhang… - Progress in retinal and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is the most common complication of diabetes, with
several underlying pathophysiological mechanisms, some of which are still uncertain. The …

Advances in extracellular vesicle nanotechnology for precision theranostics

Q Wu, S Fu, H Xiao, J Du, F Cheng, S Wan… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have increasingly been recognized as important cell surrogates
influencing many pathophysiological processes, including cellular homeostasis, cancer …

miR-204–containing exosomes ameliorate GVHD-associated dry eye disease

T Zhou, C He, P Lai, Z Yang, Y Liu, H Xu, X Lin, B Ni… - Science …, 2022 - science.org
Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD)–associated dry eye disease is characterized by extensive
inflammatory destruction in the ocular surface and causes unbearable pain and visual …

Microvesicles transfer mitochondria and increase mitochondrial function in brain endothelial cells

A D'Souza, A Burch, KM Dave, A Sreeram… - Journal of Controlled …, 2021 - Elsevier
We have demonstrated, for the first time that microvesicles, a sub-type of extracellular
vesicles (EVs) derived from hCMEC/D3: a human brain endothelial cell (BEC) line transfer …

[HTML][HTML] Corneal regeneration strategies: from stem cell therapy to tissue engineered stem cell scaffolds

M Wang, Y Li, H Wang, M Li, X Wang, R Liu… - Biomedicine & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Corneal epithelial defects and excessive wound healing might lead to severe complications.
As stem cells can self-renew infinitely, they are a promising solution for regenerating the …

Grapefruit-derived extracellular vesicles as a promising cell-free therapeutic tool for wound healing

Y Savcı, OK Kırbaş, BT Bozkurt, EA Abdik, PN Taşlı… - Food & Function, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the prevalence of individuals suffering from chronic wounds, developing safe and
effective wound care agents are one of the more prominent fields of research in biology …

Characterizing the impact of 2D and 3D culture conditions on the therapeutic effects of human mesenchymal stem cell secretome on corneal wound healing in vitro …

K Carter, HJ Lee, KS Na, GM Fernandes-Cunha… - Acta biomaterialia, 2019 - Elsevier
The therapeutic effects of secreted factors (secretome) produced by bone marrow-derived
human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) were evaluated as a function of their growth in 2D …

Ocular nanomedicine

Z Tang, X Fan, Y Chen, P Gu - Advanced Science, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Intrinsic shortcomings associated with conventional therapeutic strategies often compromise
treatment efficacy in clinical ophthalmology, prompting the rapid development of versatile …

[HTML][HTML] Mesenchymal stromal cells and exosomes: progress and challenges

MH Forsberg, JA Kink, P Hematti… - Frontiers in cell and …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Due to their robust immunomodulatory capabilities, mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs)
have been used as a cellular therapy for a number of human diseases. Part of the …

Stem/progenitor cell-based transplantation for retinal degeneration: a review of clinical trials

Y Wang, Z Tang, P Gu - Cell Death & Disease, 2020 - nature.com
Retinal degeneration (RD) is one of the dominant causes of irreversible vision impairment
and blindness worldwide. However, the current effective therapeutics for RD in the …