Adele Tanzi, Lola Buono, Cristina Grange, Corinne Iampietro, Alessia Brossa, Fanny Oliveira Arcolino, Maddalena Arigoni, Raffaele Calogero, Laura Perin, Silvia Deaglio, Elena Levtchenko, Licia Peruzzi, Benedetta Bussolati
BACKGROUND: Personalized disease models are crucial for assessing the specific response of diseased cells to drugs, particularly novel biological therapeutics. Extracellular vesicles (EVs), nanosized vesicles released by cells for intercellular communication, have gained therapeutic interest due to their ability to reprogram target cells. We here utilized urinary podocytes obtained from children affected by steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome with characterized genetic mutations as a model to test the therapeutic potential of EVs derived from kidney progenitor cells...
February 28, 2024: Research Square