Abstract:There are about 800,000 patients suffering from traumatic brain injury (TBI) in China each year. The mortality of patients with severe TBI is about 27%. TBI is the leading cause of death and disability among young adults and has a great impact on society and families. According to the pathophysiology, TBI is divided into primary brain injury and secondary brain injury. Primary brain injury is a direct result of mechanical factors, while secondary brain injury is based on the original brain injury. Both the extracranial injury and intracranial physical and biochemical changes are tightly associated with the prognosis of TBI, among which a series of cascade reactions at the levels of molecules, cells, tissues and organs caused by neuroinflammatory responses play a particularly important role in the development of secondary brain injury. The mesenchymal stem cells-derived exosomes (MSC-Exo) are a promising strategy for treating brain injury. They can effectively reduce the neuroinflammatory response and improve the prognosis of TBI. This review summarizes the mechanisms of MSC-Exo inhibiting the neuroinflammatory response after TBI and their therapeutic potentials, in order to provide a reference for future research and treatment.