Mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) provide therapeutic effects in many diseases. Contrary to initial hypotheses, they act in a paracrine rather...
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are released from basically all cells. Over the last decade, small EVs (sEVs; 50-150 nm) have gained enormous attention in diagnostics and therapy. However, methodological limitations coupled to the lack of EV standards leave...
Read More »NANOmetric BIO-Banked MSC-Derived Exosome (NANOBIOME) as a Novel Approach to Regenerative Medicine
Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are well known for their great potential in clinical applications. In fact, MSCs can differentiate into several cell lineages and show paracrine behavior by releasing endogenous factors that stimulate tissue repair and modulate...
Read More »Technical Advances to Study Extracellular Vesicles
Extracellular vesicles are a heterogeneous and dynamic group of lipid bilayer membrane nanoparticles that can be classified into three different groups depending on their cellular origin...
Read More »Engineered synthetic extracellular vesicles could represent new therapeutics
MiRNAs are small noncoding RNAs vital for protein regulation and gene expression. Since their discovery in the early nineties, many of their intracellular roles have been characterized. However, it is only recently that EVs loaded with miRNAs and other molecular ...
Read More »Extracellular Vesicles: Goodies for the Brain?
from Neuropsychopharmacology Reviews by Eva-Maria Krämer-Albers and Wen Ping Kuo-Elsne Brain homeostasis requires extensive signaling and information exchange between all types of neural cells, including neurons and glia. Recent studies indicated a pivotal role of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in communication between neural ...
Read More »Isolation methods for urinary extracellular microvesicles
Extracellular microvesicles (EVs) are membranous vesicles which are released from diverse cells. These EVs have also been found in a wide range of body fluids. The cargo of EVs, including proteins, lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids can be stably preserved ...
Read More »Extracellular vesicles: exosomes, microvesicles, and friends
Cells release into the extracellular environment diverse types of membrane vesicles of endosomal and plasma membrane origin called exosomes and microvesicles, respectively. These extracellular vesicles (EVs) represent an important mode of intercellular communication by serving as vehicles for transfer between ...
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