Mesenchymal stem cells’ “garbage bags” at work: Treating radial nerve injury with mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes

Table 3 List some commonly studied growth factors for peripheral nerve injury treatment

Ref.	Growth factor
Sandoval-Castellanos et al[43], 2020	Brain-derived neurotrophic factor
Xu et al[44], 2023	Ciliary neurotrophic factor
Gu et al[45], 2024	Chemokine platelet factor-4
Romano and Bucci[46], 2020	Epidermal growth factor
Cintron-Colon et al[47], 2022	Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor
Ye et al[48], 2022	Hepatocyte growth factor
Slavin et al[49], 2021	Insulin-like growth factor-1
Alastra et al[50], 2021	Nerve growth factor
Li et al[51], 2023	NGF+ basic fibroblast growth factor
Golzadeh and Mohammadi[52], 2016	Platelet-derived growth factor
Ding et al[53], 2024	Transforming growth factor
Xu et al[44], 2023	Vascular endothelial growth factor

NGF: Nerve growth factor.