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. 2021 Jan 19;12:71. doi: 10.1186/s13287-021-02138-7

Table 5.

The clinical application of exosomes from three sources

HAD-MSC-derived exosomes HUC-MSC-derived exosomes HBMSC-derived exosomes

Enhance the formation of blood vessels in fat transplantation [70]

Promote wound healing [71]

Regulate albinism and pigmentation in Moynahan syndrome [71]

Improve multiple scleroderma [70]

Improve the prognosis of melanoma, and reduce hair loss [71]

Increase the sensitivity of liver cancer to chemotherapy drugs [84]

Promote apoptosis of tumour cells and inhibit prostate cancer cell proliferation [84]

Improve Dox-induced cardiomyopathy [85]

Protect the cartilage matrix in osteoarthritis [86]

Improve motor and sensory functions [87]

Inhibition of transplanted vein intimal hyperplasia [88]

Inhibition of endometrial cancer cell proliferation; tumour homing abilities [89]

Reduce neurological damage and brain oedema; neuroprotection, anti-ageing effect, used in human aesthetic treatments [90]

Inhibit infection with hepatitis C virus (HCV) [88, 89]

Development of COVID-19 drugs [91, 92]

Promotion of myeloma cell proliferation [1, 84]

Inhibition of multiple myeloma cell proliferation [20]

Immunomodulators; form vascular structures and support haematopoiesis [93]

Improve osteoporosis and treatment of cartilage damage, osteoarthritis, and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) [93]

Transmit signals and proteins [94]

Antagonise the cellular effects of U87 MG glioblastoma cells [15]