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Table 2 Interventional traits and dosage regimen of the extracellular vesicle therapy

From: Methods and efficacy of extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stromal cells in animal models of disease: a preclinical systematic review protocol

Question of interest

Example answers

Storage of EVs

Frozen at – 80 °C

Fresh / fridge

Not described

Tissue source of MSCs

Bone marrow

Adipose

Umbilical cord/Wharton’s jelly

Animal source of MSCs

Human source

Mouse source

Rat source

EV immunocompatibility

Xenogeneic

Allogeneic

Autologous

Not described

Modification of EVs

Unmodified

Modified MSCs before EV isolation

Modified EVs directly

Route of administration

Intravenous

Direct tissue injection

Subcutaneous

Intra-arterial

EV dosage units

EV protein amount

EV particle number

EV dose based on MSC cell count

Timing of First EV dose

Post-injury induction (treatment)

Pre-injury induction (prevention)

Number of doses used

Single dose of EVs

Multiple doses of EVs

  1. EV, extracellular vesicle; MSC, mesenchymal stromal cells