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ReviewWiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA

Horizontal transfer of RNAs: exosomes as mediators of intercellular communication.

Saraswathi Ramachandran, Viswanathan Palanisamy

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Review in Wiley interdisciplinary reviews. RNA. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 104 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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104citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

104 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Biology and Therapeutic Potential of Exosomes, Targeted Drug Delivery.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors.

Saraswathi RamachandranDepartment of Craniofacial Biology, College of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA.
Viswanathan Palanisamy

Funding

THE ROLE OF THE RNA BINDING PROTEIN LA IN ORAL TUMOR BIOLOGYP20RR017696 · NCRR · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI SOMMER, GUNHILD · 2002 to 2011
$20.7M
Regulation of mRNA Stability in Human SalivaR00DE018165 · NIDCR · MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA · PI PALANISAMY, VISWANATHAN · 2009 to 2011
$732k
NCRR NIH HHS P20 RR017696NCRR NIH HHS P20RR017696NIDCR NIH HHS R00 DE018165NIDCR NIH HHS R00DE018165
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Multicellular organisms are similar to biological communities, consisting of various cell types; thus, inter-cell communication is critical for the functioning of the whole system that ultimately constitutes a living being. Conventional models of cellular exchange include signaling molecules and direct contact-mediated cell communications. Exosomes, small vesicles originating from an inward budding of the plasma membrane, represent a new avenue for signaling between cells. This interchange is achieved by packaging RNA species into exosomes endowed with specific cell surface-targeting motifs. The delivered RNA molecules are functional, and mRNA can be translated into new proteins, while microRNAs (miRNAs) target host mRNAs in the recipient cell. RNA involved in transmitting information or molecules between cells is called exosomal RNA (esRNA). This review summarizes the characteristics of exosomes, specifically focusing on their role in the horizontal transfer of cellular information.

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Cell CommunicationCell MembraneExosomesRNASignal TransductionRNA

Identifiers

PMID22012863
PMCPMC3263325

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