Research Article
Small Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Adipocytes Attenuate Intervertebral Disc Degeneration in Rats by Rejuvenating Senescent Nucleus Pulposus Cells and Endplate Cells by Delivering Exogenous NAMPT
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Intradiscal injection of Adipo-sEVs attenuated the development of IVDD in rats by rejuvenating senescent NPCs and EPCs. (a) MRIs of the indicated groups were obtained eight weeks after needle puncture. (b) Pfirrmann MRI grade scores. (c) H&E staining of IVDs in the indicated groups eight weeks after needle puncture. Scale bar, 1 mm. (d) IF staining for P16 (green) four weeks after needle puncture. DAPI was used to stain the nuclei. Scale bar, 1 mm. (e) Quantification of mRNA expression for Sirt1 in NP and EP. per group. ( compared with the control group; # compared with the IVDD group; % compared with the IVDD+CTRL-sEV group).
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