Research Article

The Proosteogenic and Proangiogenic Effects of Small Extracellular Vesicles Derived from Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Are Attenuated in Steroid-Induced Osteonecrosis of the Femoral Head

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Effects of sEVs on HUVEC proliferation, VEGF expression, and tube formation were partially attenuated in steroid-induced osteonecrosis of the femoral head. (a) Proliferation of HUVECs cultured with nBMMSCs-sEVs and oBMMSCs-sEVs as detected by CCK-8 assay. (b) Secretion levels of VEGF as measured by ELISA. (c) Expression levels of VEGFA were measured by qRT-PCR. (d) Tube formation by HUVECs treated with nBMMSCs-sEVs and oBMMSCs-sEVs. (e) Quantitative analysis of the tube formation assay. The results are from three independent experiments. The data are expressed as the . compared with the control group as determined by Student’s -test. # compared with the nBMMSCs-sEVs treatment group as determined by Student’s -test.
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