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

Table 8.

Effect of mesenchymal stem/stromal cell extracellular vesicles on ECM remodelling in different types of animal models

EV source Animal/wound model EV dose EV effect Signalling pathway Reference
P-MSCs Mice (10 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 4.56 × 10¹⁰ particles/ml, every two days/two weeks reducing the number of aging fibroblasts - Su et al. 2023 [39]
AD-MSCs Diabetic rats (10 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 100 µg protein/ml, single application ↑ collagen volume fraction PI3K-AKT-mTOR-HIF-1a

Liu et al. 2021

[35]

AD-MSCs Mice (corneal alkaline burn) 100 µg protein/ml, three times a day/3 weeks

reduced levels of MMP2 and MMP9 mRNA

more regular arrangement of the corneal matrix

- Tao et al. 2019 [33]
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, single application

↑ levels of type III collagen

thicker layers of tissue

-

Lee et al. 2023

[29]

WJ-MSCs Mice (8 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 1 × 10⁹ particles/ml, single application ↑ collagen volume fraction - Kim et al. 2023 [31]
UC-MSCs Rats (8 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) ND ↑ collagen volume fraction - 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 induction of bigger collagen fiber formation ITCH/JUNB/IRE1α Cheng et al. 2020 [37]
P-MSCs Mice (hind limb ischemia) 1 × 10¹¹ particles/ml, single injection ↑ collagen volume fraction - Hao et al. 2022 [41]
UC-MSCs Rats (20 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 50 µg protein/10 µl, single application

greater and more extensive collagen deposition

reduction of scar formation

- Wu et al. 2024 [43]
FS-MSCs Diabetic mice (6 mm full-thickness excisional skin wounds) 200 µg protein/mice, daily in the form of a solution ↑ collagen volume fraction - Xu et al. 2024 [44]

P-MSCs Placental Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells, AD-MSCs Adipose Tissue Mesenchymal Stem/Stromal Cells, MMP2 Matrix Metalloproteinases 2, MMP9 Matrix Metalloproteinases 9, PI3K-AKT-mTOR-HIF-1a Signalling pathway involved in regulation of angiogenesis and wound healing, 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, ND no data, ↑ increased