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ArticleJournal of extracellular vesicles2015

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of small RNAs in human endothelial cells and exosomes provides insights into localized RNA processing, degradation and sorting.

Bas W M van Balkom, Almut S Eisele, D Michiel Pegtel, Sander Bervoets, Marianne C Verhaar

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Article in Journal of extracellular vesicles, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 198 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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198citing 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

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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

198 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 301 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Bas W M van BalkomDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands; b.w.m.vanbalkom@umcutrecht.nl.
Almut S EiseleDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
D Michiel PegtelExosomes Research Group, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Sander BervoetsServiceXS B.V., Leiden, the Netherlands.
Marianne C VerhaarDepartment of Nephrology and Hypertension, UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands.
University Medical Center Utrecht · NLAmsterdam UMC Location VUmc · NLServiceXS (Netherlands) · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exosomes are small vesicles that mediate cell-cell communication. They contain proteins, lipids and RNA, and evidence is accumulating that these molecules are specifically sorted for release via exosomes. We recently showed that endothelial-cell-produced exosomes promote angiogenesis in vivo in a small RNA-dependent manner. Recent deep sequencing studies in exosomes from lymphocytic origin revealed a broad spectrum of small RNAs. However, selective depletion or incorporation of small RNA species into endothelial exosomes has not been studied extensively. With next generation sequencing, we identified all known non-coding RNA classes, including microRNAs (miRNAs), small nucleolar RNAs, yRNAs, vault RNAs, 5p and 3p fragments of miRNAs and miRNA-like fragments. In addition, we mapped many fragments of messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and mitochondrial RNAs (mtRNAs). The distribution of small RNAs in exosomes revealed a considerable overlap with the distribution in the producing cells. However, we identified a remarkable enrichment of yRNA fragments and mRNA degradation products in exosomes consistent with yRNAs having a role in degradation of structured and misfolded RNAs in close proximity to endosomes. We propose that endothelial endosomes selectively sequester cytoplasmic RNA-degrading machineries taking part in gene regulation. The release of these regulatory RNAs via exosomes may have implications for endothelial cell-cell communication.

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extracellular vesiclesmicrovesiclesnext generation sequencingquality control

Identifiers

PMID26027894
PMCPMC4450249
OpenAlexW1769060942

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