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Nephrology · 2015 · 94 citations · 18 references
Micro-vesicles (MVs) protect kidneys both in vivo and vitro, and MVs are superior to MSCs in some respects. MVs can be a potential therapy in treatment of kidney diseases.
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The C. elegans heterochronic gene lin-4 encodes small RNAs with antisense complementarity to lin-14
Rosalind C. Lee, Rhonda Feinbaum, Victor Ambros · Cell · 1993 · 12.7K citations · Full text
Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Derived Microvesicles Protect Against Acute Tubular Injury
Stefania Bruno, Cristina Grange, Maria Chiara Deregibus et al. · Journal of the American Society of Nephrology · 2009 · 1.3K citations · Full text
Administered mesenchymal stem cells protect against ischemic acute renal failure through differentiation-independent mechanisms
Florian Tögel, Zhuma Hu, Kathleen Weiss et al. · American Journal of Physiology-Renal Physiology · 2005 · 1.2K citations
Cell Therapy, Renal Ischemia, Adult Stem Cell +17
Endothelial progenitor cell–derived microvesicles activate an angiogenic program in endothelial cells by a horizontal transfer of mRNA
Maria Chiara Deregibus, Vincenzo Cantaluppi, Raffaele Calogero et al. · Blood · 2007 · 957 citations · Full text
Microvesicles derived from human adult mesenchymal stem cells protect against ischaemia-reperfusion-induced acute and chronic kidney injury
Stefano Gatti, Stefania Bruno, Maria Chiara Deregibus et al. · Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation · 2011 · 804 citations