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. 2025 Dec 5;17:21. doi: 10.1186/s13287-025-04813-5

Table 2.

The influence of mesenchymal stem/stromal cell extracellular vesicles on the rate of wound closure in different animal models

EV source Animal/wound model EV dose EV effect Signalling pathway References
AD-MSCs

Minipig (full-thickness excisional skin wound, 30 mm x 30 mm)

Mice (dermal filler model)

Minipigs: 4.0 × 10¹⁰ particles/ml, 3 times a week

Mice: 1.4 × 10⁹ particles/ml, given once

acceleration of wound healing - Lee et al. 2023 [29]
UC-MSCs Rats (8 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) ND acceleration of wound healing by 95–100% - Tang et al. 2023 [36]
UC-MSCs Mice (12 mm full-thickness excisional skin excisional wound) 200 µg protein/µl, every other day for eight days acceleration of wound healing by 90% ITCH/JUNB/IRE1α Cheng et al. 2020 [37]
WJ-MSCs

Rats (8 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds)

Mice (full-thickness incisional skin wounds, ulceration created)

Rats: 2 × 10⁸ EVs/rat, daily for three days after the procedure.

Mice: 1 × 10⁸ EVs/ mouse, daily for three days after the procedure

↑ re-epithelialization

↓ wound area size

- Kim et al. 2023 [46]
UC-MSCs Rats (10 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 100 µg protein, single topical application acceleration of wound healing - Yang et al. [30]
WJ-MSCs Mice (8 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 1 × 10⁹ particles/ml, ↓ of wound size - Kim et al., 2023 [31]
BM-MSCs

Diabetic mice (8 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds)

Rats (12 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds)

50 µg protein, single dose on the third day after procedure

Mice: greater wound closure

Rats: No statistically significant difference in wound closure

- Born et al. 2022 [32]
AD-MSCs Mice (2 × 1,5 cm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 100 µg protein/ml, daily for 2 weeks acceleration of wound healing by 90% - Liao et al. 2022 [34]
AD-MSCs Diabetic rats (10 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 100 µg protein/ml, single application ↑ in wound closure rate PI3K-AKT-mTOR-HIF-1a Liu et al. 2021 [35]
UC-MSCs Mice (6 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 7 × 1010 particles/ml, single application acceleration of wound healing by 75–100% - Lu et al. 2024 [45]
UCB-MSCs Rats (8 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 20 µg protein/10 µl, frequency of administration not specified acceleration of wound healing by 93% - Sung et al. 2019 [47]
P-MSCs Mice (10 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 4,56 × 1010 particles/ml, every other day for two weeks acceleration of wound healing by 80–100% - Su et al. 2023 [39]
UC-MSCs Rats (20 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 50 µg protein/10 µl, single application acceleration of wound healing by 90–100% - Wu et al. 2024 [43]

AD-MSCs Adipose tissue Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells, UC-MSCs Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells, WJ-MSCs Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells, ITCH/JUNB/IRE1α Signalling pathway, ITCH Itchy E3 ubiquitin protein ligase, IRE1α inositol-requiring enzyme 1α, JUNB transcription factor; full-thickness excisional skin wound - damage affecting the entire thickness of the skin – from the epidermis, through the entire layer of the dermis, to the border with the subcutaneous tissue with causing a loss of tissue volume; full-thickness incisional skin wounds - an incisional wound is a type of full thickness wound that is created by a surgical blade or another sharp instrument during a surgical procedure, such as a scalpel, which cuts or parts the tissue without causing a loss of tissue volume, ND no data, ↑ increased, ↓ reduced