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Table 3 Summary of researches using EVs in vitro to examine wound repair

From: Mesenchymal stem cell-derived extracellular vesicles in skin wound healing: roles, opportunities and challenges

Cell type

EVs type

Cargo

Target

Function

References

Hydrogen peroxide-induced HaCaT cells

HucMSC-derived EVs

miR-150-5p

Activating PI3K/Akt pathway through PTEN

Apoptosis↓

Skin wound healing↑

[123]

Hydrogen peroxide-induced HaCaT cells

BMSC-derived EVs

miR-93-3p

miR-93-3p/APAF1 axis

Proliferation ↑

Migration↑

Apoptosis↓

[87]

Fibroblast

HucMSC-derived EVs

–

Inhibit the TGF-β1/Smad2/3 signaling pathway

Fibroblasts-myofibroblasts transition↓

[29]

Fibroblast

ADMSC-derived EVs

miR- 132, miR-21, and miR-29a

miR-223, miR-203, miR-146a

Regulating the M2 phenotype

M2 macrophage polarization↑

Immune modulation↑

[124]

Human umbilical vein endothelial cells

ADMSC-derived EVs (80.1 nm)

miR-132 and miR-146a

ROCK1/PTEN pathway

Anti-inflammatory effects↑

Pro-angiogenic effects↑

[125]

Hydrogen peroxide-induced HaCaT cells and HDF cells

ADMSC-derived EVs

MALAT1

Wnt/β-catenin pathway

Proliferation↑

Migration↑

Apoptosis↓

[126]

  1. HucMSC human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cell, PI3K phosphoinositide 3-kinase, Akt protein kinase B, BMSC bone marrow mesenchymal stem cell, APAF1 apoptosis protease-activating factor 1, ADMSC adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cell, ROCK1 Rho-associated protein kinase 1, PTEN phosphatase and tensin homolog deleted on chromosome 10, MALAT1 metastasis associated lung adenocarcinoma transcript 1, HDF human dermal fibroblast