Damaged brain accelerates bone healing by releasing small extracellular vesicles that target osteoprogenitors

Abstract Clinical evidence has established that concomitant traumatic brain injury (TBI) accelerates bone healing, but the underlying mechanism is unclear. This study shows that after TBI, injured neurons, mainly those in the hippocampus, release osteogenic microRNA (miRNA)-enriched small extracellu...

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Main Authors: Wei Xia, Jing Xie, Zhiqing Cai, Xuhua Liu, Jing Wen, Zhong-Kai Cui, Run Zhao, Xiaomei Zhou, Jiahui Chen, Xinru Mao, Zhengtao Gu, Zhimin Zou, Zhipeng Zou, Yue Zhang, Ming Zhao, Maegele Mac, Qiancheng Song, Xiaochun Bai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26302-y
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