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SUBMITTER: Piazza N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7181459 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Piazza Nathan N Dehghani Mehdi M Gaborski Thomas R TR Wuertz-Kozak Karin K
Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 20200417
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid membrane particles carrying proteins, lipids, DNA, and various types of RNA that are involved in intercellular communication. EVs derived from mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) have been investigated extensively in many different fields due to their crucial role as regeneration drivers, but research for their use in degenerative diseases of the intervertebral disc (IVD) has only started recently. MSC-derived EVs not only promote extracellular matrix synthesis a ...[more]