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Nature Communications

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Journal of Extracellular Vesicles

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Molecular Cancer

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PLoS ONE

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Microglia Mediate Synaptic Material Clearance at the Early Stage of Rats With Retinitis Pigmentosa

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Frontiers in Immunology

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Stem Cell Reports

Mesenchymal stem cells regulate mechanical properties of human degenerated nucleus pulposus cells through SDF-1/CXCR4/AKT axis

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Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research

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SCF/SCFR signaling plays an important role in the early morphogenesis and neurogenesis of human embryonic neural retina

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Development

Human Retinal Progenitor Cells Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles Delay Retinal Degeneration: A Paradigm for Cell-free Therapy

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