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Extracellular vesicles from young brain-mediated delivery of PRDX3 ameliorates alveolar bone

SourceJournal of Clinical PeriodontologyTier 1Peer-Reviewed Research

By Jiajie Mao, Yuzhu Wu, Yuxian Xia, Jiahui Shen, Xiaoyuan Huang, Shixing Ma, Xiaofeng Yang, Yanhua Lan

Originally at onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Why it matters for dental

Research identifies a brain-derived extracellular vesicle pathway that reduces alveolar bone loss in periodontitis, potentially informing future adjunctive therapies for periodontal disease management.

Key points

  • YBEVs suppressed inflammatory response in macrophages in vitro and reduced inflammation and bone resorption in vivo.
  • Multi-omics analyses including cellular transcriptomics, vesicular cargo transcriptomics, and single-cell profiling of brain tissue implicated PRDX3 as a key effector.
  • YBEVs modulate the immune response and NF-κB signalling pathway by delivering PRDX3.
  • PRDX3 modulators were employed to explore the NF-κB pathway's impact on inflammatory macrophage in vitro and in vivo.

Who should care

SpecialistAcademia

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