Research Article

Exosomes of Antler Mesenchymal Stem Cells Improve Postoperative Cognitive Dysfunction in Cardiopulmonary Bypass Rats through Inhibiting the TLR2/TLR4 Signaling Pathway

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AMSC-derived exosomes prevented neuronal apoptosis in CPB rats. SPF SD male rats were randomly divided into four groups including the sham operation group (sham group); CPB surgery group (CPB group); exosome+CPB group (EXO group); and exosome+CPB group+TLR2/TLR4 agonist group (TLR group) with 10 rats in each group. (a) Neuronal apoptosis in brain tissue in each group was detected by TUNEL (scale ). (b) Apoptosis-related protein expression in hippocampus tissue in each group was determined by Western blot; ().
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