60 citations
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December 2020 in “Stem Cell Research & Therapy” In this laboratory study, ASC-conditioned medium showed higher therapeutic potential than extracellular vesicles alone in reducing inflammation and catabolic activity in human chondrocytes with an osteoarthritis phenotype, highlighting its possible use in osteoarthritis management.
10 citations
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July 2023 in “World Journal of Stem Cells” This review discusses the interaction between mesenchymal stem cell secretomes and retinal cell secretomes, suggesting their potential in experimental therapies to protect and regenerate retinal tissue.
June 2026 in “Frontiers in Pharmacology” This review highlights the potential of stem cell-derived secretome as a promising cell-free approach for wound healing, offering advantages over live cell therapies in terms of safety, scalability, and storage.
April 2025 in “Cytotherapy” In this case report, a 38-year-old male with androgenetic alopecia showed increased hair density and reduced follicular miniaturization after receiving UC-MSCs derived secretome injections, suggesting potential effectiveness and safety for hair restoration; further research is needed for broader validation.
This review discusses Limbal Mesenchymal Stem Cell Secretome therapy for ocular chemical injuries, noting its potential in reducing inflammation and corneal opacity, but reports no new clinical results.
118 citations
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April 2020 in “Stem Cell Research & Therapy” This study found that adipose-derived mesenchymal stromal cell secretome, particularly when preconditioned with IFNγ, significantly influences cell motility and anti-inflammatory responses, enhancing its potential as a regenerative therapy.
38 citations
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January 2017 in “Mediators of Inflammation” This study found that platelet-rich growth factor significantly reduced the release of proinflammatory cytokines in an in vitro rheumatoid arthritis model.
13 citations
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June 2006 in “Pituitary” This article reports on a case where a 26-year-old woman with acromegaloidism was found to have X-tetrasomy, suggesting it should be considered in differential diagnoses due to its potential impact on growth-related genes.
11 citations
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August 2020 in “Diabetes” This study found that testosterone enhances insulin secretion in human pancreatic islets by being converted into DHT and E2, processes that are necessary for this effect.
9 citations
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August 2021 in “Biomedicines” This study found that 17β-estradiol was the most powerful hormone for inducing APE1/Ref-1 secretion in cultured vascular endothelial cells, with secretion occurring through exosomes dependent on estrogen receptors and intracellular calcium.
8 citations
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July 2022 in “International Journal of Molecular Sciences” This review reports no new results but highlights the secretory function of keratinocytes, focusing on how various secretions, notably growth factors, impact stem cell differentiation into keratinocytes.
6 citations
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October 2024 in “Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology” This study reported that the use of composite RGDmix hydrogel improved the survival and proliferation of human amniotic mesenchymal stem cells and increased growth factor expression, enhancing wound healing through the RGDSP/integrin αv/PI3K/AKT signaling pathway.
5 citations
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February 2019 in “bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)” This study found that extracellular vesicles derived from 3D cultures of cervical cancer cells have small RNA profiles more similar to those in patient plasma than those from 2D cultures.
4 citations
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July 2017 in “Archivum Immunologiae et Therapiae Experimentalis” This study observed that patients with recurrent furunculosis had different cytokine profiles compared to healthy subjects and that retinol stimulation altered cytokine secretion in both groups.
March 2026 in “Acta Histochemica” November 2025 in “Frontiers in Endocrinology” This report describes a rare case of ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome caused by a pheochromocytoma that unusually co-expresses both ACTH and corticotropin-releasing hormone.
October 2025 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This case study reported a unique instance of a benign adrenal adenoma co-secreting cortisol and DHEA-S, which initially mimicked PCOS symptoms. Surgical removal resulted in significant clinical improvement, confirming the diagnosis of cyclic adrenal Cushing's syndrome.
May 2025 in “Frontiers in Genetics” This study reported discovering a novel missense variant in a case of autosomal recessive woolly hair in a 31-year-old Chinese woman, which significantly reduced secretion of the encoded protein, likely leading to disease by impairing its hydrolytic function.
June 2023 in “Italian Journal of Medicine” This study found that urotensin II promoted proliferation and VEGF secretion in rat dermal papilla cells by activating the Wnt-β-catenin signaling pathway, with the effect being reversible by a Wnt inhibitor.
January 2018 in “Zurich Open Repository and Archive (University of Zurich)”
June 2013 in “Faculty Opinions – Post-Publication Peer Review of the Biomedical Literature” This study found that Wnt ligands secreted by the hair follicle epithelium are crucial for hair follicle regeneration in adults and could inform treatments for hair disorders like alopecia.
June 2021 in “Archives of Advances in Biosciences” This study suggests that finasteride at doses of 5 mg/kg BW or higher may adversely affect spermatogenesis and male fertility in NMRI mice.
17 citations
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April 2009 in “Andrologia” This case study reports that hormonal imbalances in a young boy with precocious pseudopuberty returned to normal after the removal of a testicular interstitial cell tumor, with normal spontaneous puberty following.
9 citations
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March 2009 in “Endocrine Practice”
January 2024 in “Journal of surgical case reports” In this case study, researchers reported a 61-year-old postmenopausal woman with virilizing symptoms like hirsutism and voice deepening was found to have an androgen-secreting adrenal tumor, emphasizing the importance of considering this diagnosis in similar cases.
November 2022 in “Journal of the Endocrine Society” This case study found that a 1.6cm ovarian Leydig cell tumor, causing hyperandrogenism in a postmenopausal woman, evaded detection on standard imaging techniques, underscoring the difficulty of diagnosing such tumors with imaging alone.
October 2021 in “Acta Scientific Medical Sciences” This case report describes an isolated DHEA-S secreting adrenocortical carcinoma in a 52-year-old woman who presented without typical hyperandrogenic symptoms.
6 citations
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September 2021 in “Medical Journal of Cell Biology” This review discusses the potential of mesenchymal stem cells and their secretome as promising therapeutic tools for systemic lupus erythematosus but reports no new clinical results.
June 2026 in “The Egyptian Journal of Neurology Psychiatry and Neurosurgery” This review discusses the potential of mesenchymal stem cells and their secretome, mainly extracellular vesicles, in Parkinson's disease therapy, highlighting their neuroprotective abilities and therapeutic prospects, but it reports no clinical results.
August 2025 in “Biomaterials” In this study, researchers developed a novel therapy using the secretome of human fetal cartilage progenitor cells, which successfully regenerated functional hair follicles in animal models and significantly increased hair regrowth, suggesting potential as a new treatment for androgenic alopecia.