ArticlePloS one2014
Circulating extracellular vesicles with specific proteome and liver microRNAs are potential biomarkers for liver injury in experimental fatty liver disease.
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- Contribution of Liver and Pancreatic Islet Crosstalk to β-Cell Function/Dysfunction in the Presence of Fatty Liver.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2022Pooled it
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- Tissue-Specific Extracellular Vesicles Enriched From Circulation: Exploring the Liquid Biopsy Perspective.Journal of extracellular biology · 2026Review
- The role of lysine acylation in metabolic dysregulation and inflammatory responses within the hepatic immune microenvironment of MASLD.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- The potential role of serum miR-182-5p and miR-127-5p in diagnosis of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease and its relationship with insulin resistance.Przeglad gastroenterologiczny · 2026Article
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- Extracellular vesicles in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: From intercellular signaling to clinical translation.World journal of hepatology · 2025Review
- Extracellular RNAs in Liquid Biopsy: Applications in MASLD and MASH Diagnosis and Monitoring.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- A Comparison of Novel Serum Markers of Liver Health in Adolescents With Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2025Article
- Emerging Biomarker Potential of Extracellular Vesicle-Enclosed MicroRNAs for Liver Fibrosis Detection.Cells · 2025Review
- Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers in Chronic Hepatobiliary Diseases: An Overview of Their Interplay.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Molecular Imprints of Clinical Comorbidities in Hypothalamic Extracellular Vesicles at the Onset of Obesity.ACS omega · 2025Article
- Serum Extracellular Vesicles Reveal Metabolic Responses to Time-Restricted Feeding in High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Male Mice.Journal of extracellular biology · 2025Article
- Exosome-mediated Transfer of lncRNA in Liver Associated Diseases; Uncovered Truths.Cell biochemistry and biophysics · 2025Review
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Abstract
BACKGROUND &
aimNonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in both adult and children. Currently there are no reliable methods to determine disease severity, monitor disease progression, or efficacy of therapy, other than an invasive liver biopsy.
designCholine Deficient L-Amino Acid (CDAA) and high fat diets were used as physiologically relevant mouse models of NAFLD. Circulating extracellular vesicles were isolated, fully characterized by proteomics and molecular analyses and compared to control groups. Liver-related microRNAs were isolated from purified extracellular vesicles and liver specimens.
resultsWe observed statistically significant differences in the level of extracellular vesicles (EVs) in liver and blood between two control groups and NAFLD animals. Time-course studies showed that EV levels increase early during disease development and reflect changes in liver histolopathology. EV levels correlated with hepatocyte cell death (r2 = 0.64, p<0.05), fibrosis (r2 = 0.66, p<0.05) and pathological angiogenesis (r2 = 0.71, p<0.05). Extensive characterization of blood EVs identified both microparticles (MPs) and exosomes (EXO) present in blood of NAFLD animals. Proteomic analysis of blood EVs detected various differentially expressed proteins in NAFLD versus control animals. Moreover, unsupervised hierarchical clustering identified a signature that allowed for discrimination between NAFLD and controls. Finally, the liver appears to be an important source of circulating EVs in NAFLD animals as evidenced by the enrichment in blood with miR-122 and 192--two microRNAs previously described in chronic liver diseases, coupled with a corresponding decrease in expression of these microRNAs in the liver.
conclusionsThese findings suggest a potential for using specific circulating EVs as sensitive and specific biomarkers for the noninvasive diagnosis and monitoring of NAFLD.
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