Exosomes from acellular Wharton's jelly of the human umbilical cord promotes skin wound healing.
Nazihah BakhtyarMarc G JeschkeElaine HererMohammadali SheikholeslamSaeid Amini-NikPublished in: Stem cell research & therapy (2018)
Exosomes are being enriched in the native niche of the umbilical cord and can enhance wound healing in vivo through their cargo. Exosomes from the acellular gelatinous Wharton's jelly and the cargo protein alpha-2-macroglobulin have tremendous potential as a noncellular, off-the-shelf therapeutic modality for wound healing.