MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL-DERIVED EXTRACELLULAR VESICLES AND THEIR MEDICAL USE

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for obtaining extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), wherein the extracellular-vesicles are essentially free of vesicles not derived from the MSCs, and wherein the extracellular-vesicles are essentially free of heparin. The invention further relates to the extracellular vesicles derived from mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), to a pharmaceutical composition comprising such extracellular-vesicles and to the use of the pharmaceutical composition in the treatment of (a) bone defect(s), tendon defect(s) and/or spinal cord injury. The pharmaceutical composition of the invention can further comprise one or more Bone Morphogenic Proteins (BMPs), such as BMP2.