PMID- 23680102 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150330 LR - 20220414 IS - 1757-6512 (Electronic) IS - 1757-6512 (Linking) VI - 4 IP - 2 DP - 2013 Apr 25 TI - Regenerating the injured kidney with human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes. PG - 39 LID - 10.1186/scrt187 [doi] AB - Transplantation of adult stem cells is being used to facilitate repair or regeneration of damaged or diseased tissues. However, in many cases, the therapeutic effects of the injected stem cells are mediated by factors secreted by stem cells and not by differentiation of the transplanted stem cells. Recent reports have identified a class of microvesicles, termed exosomes, released by stem cells that are able to confer therapeutic effects on injured renal and cardiac tissue. In this issue of Stem Cell Research & Therapy, Zhou and colleagues demonstrate the ability of exosomes derived from human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells (hucMSCs), but not non-stem cell-derived exosomes, to improve acute kidney injury induced by cisplatin in rats. The authors demonstrate that hucMSC exosomes can reduce cisplatin-mediated renal oxidative stress and apoptosis in vivo and increase renal epithelial cell proliferation in culture. These results suggest that stem cell-derived exosomes, which are easy to isolate and safer to use than the parental stem cells, could have significant clinical utility. FAU - Dorronsoro, Akaitz AU - Dorronsoro A FAU - Robbins, Paul D AU - Robbins PD LA - eng PT - Comment PT - Journal Article DEP - 20130425 PL - England TA - Stem Cell Res Ther JT - Stem cell research & therapy JID - 101527581 RN - Q20Q21Q62J (Cisplatin) SB - IM CON - Stem Cell Res Ther. 2013;4(2):34. PMID: 23618405 MH - Animals MH - Apoptosis/*drug effects MH - Cisplatin/*toxicity MH - Exosomes/*metabolism MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Mesenchymal Stem Cells/*cytology MH - Oxidative Stress/*drug effects MH - Umbilical Cord/*cytology PMC - PMC3706756 EDAT- 2013/05/18 06:00 MHDA- 2015/03/31 06:00 PMCR- 2013/04/25 CRDT- 2013/05/18 06:00 PHST- 2013/05/18 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2013/05/18 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/03/31 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2013/04/25 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - scrt187 [pii] AID - 10.1186/scrt187 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Stem Cell Res Ther. 2013 Apr 25;4(2):39. doi: 10.1186/scrt187.