Alcoholic hepatitis (AH) is diagnosed by clinical criteria, although several objective scores facilitate risk stratification. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as novel biomarkers for many diseases and are also implicated in the pathogenesis of AH...
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Upon fusion of multivesicular bodies (MVBs) with the plasma membrane, intraluminal vesicles (ILVs) are released into the extracellular space as exosomes. Since the lipid composition of the exosomal membrane resembles that of raft microdomains, the inward budding process involves the ...
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Brain levels of the lipid ceramide are high in Alzheimer’s disease, and now scientists have found increased levels of an antibody to the lipid in their disease model. While some members of this lipid family are a plus in ...
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