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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2016

Focus on Extracellular Vesicles: Exosomes and Their Role in Protein Trafficking and Biomarker Potential in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's Disease.

Laura J Vella, Andrew F Hill, Lesley Cheng

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 146 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

146 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Laura J VellaThe Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia. ljvella@unimelb.edu.au.
Andrew F HillDepartment of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia. andrew.hill@latrobe.edu.au.
Lesley ChengDepartment of Biochemistry and Genetics, La Trobe Institute for Molecular Science, La Trobe University, Bundoora, VIC 3083, Australia. l.cheng@latrobe.edu.au.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Growing evidence indicates that small extracellular vesicles, called exosomes, are prominent mediators of neurodegenerative diseases such as prion, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Exosomes contain neurodegenerative disease associated proteins such as the prion protein, β-amyloid and α-synuclein. Only demonstrated so far in vivo with prion disease, exosomes are hypothesised to also facilitate the spread of β-amyloid and α-synuclein from their cells of origin to the extracellular environment. In the current review, we will discuss the role of exosomes in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease including their possible contribution to disease propagation and pathology and highlight their utility as a diagnostic in neurodegenerative disease.

Indexed as

alpha-SynucleinAlzheimer DiseaseAmyloid beta-PeptidesAnimalsBiomarkersExosomesExtracellular VesiclesHumansParkinson DiseaseProtein FoldingProtein Transportalpha-SynucleinAmyloid beta-PeptidesBiomarkersAlzheimer’s diseasebiomarkersexosomesextracellular vesiclesneurodegenerationParkinson’s diseaseprotein misfoldingprotein trafficking

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PMID26861304
PMCPMC4783907

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