Regenerative potentials of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells derived exosomes or its combination with zinc in recovery of degenerated circumvallate papilla following surgical bilateral transection of glossopharyngeal nerve in rats

• Main Authors: Eman Mohamed Salem (Author), Hamdy Rizk (Author), Yara S. Abouelela (Author), Abdelbary Prince (Author), Adel Fathy Tohamy (Author), Nawal A. Lasheen (Author), Bassant A. Ezzat (Author), Sana Mostafa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-10-01T00:00:00Z.
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Abstract Background Taste buds' innervation is necessary to sustain their cell turnover, differentiated taste buds and nerve fibers in circumvallate papilla (CVP) disappear following glossopharyngeal nerve transection. Normally, taste buds recover to baseline number in about 70 days. Bone marro...