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ArticleBone2016

Selective enrichment of microRNAs in extracellular matrix vesicles produced by growth plate chondrocytes.

Zhao Lin, Nicholas E Rodriguez, Junjun Zhao, Allison N Ramey, Sharon L Hyzy, Barbara D Boyan, Zvi Schwartz

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Article in Bone, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 38 papers.

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38citing papers in PubMed
3.3field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

38 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Nucleic Acids as Emerging Regulators of Calcium Phosphate Biomineralization.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  5. Taking a closer look at matrix vesicle biogenesis.Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research · 2025
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  6. Beyond the Bubble: A Debate on microRNA Sorting Into Extracellular Vesicles.Laboratory investigation; a journal of technical methods and pathology · 2025
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  8. Exosomes in cartilage microenvironment regulation and cartilage repair.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Zhao LinDepartment of Periodontics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Nicholas E RodriguezSchool of Biology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Junjun ZhaoDepartment of Periodontics, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States; Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States; General Dentistry, 9th People's Hospital, College of Stomatology, Shanghai JiaoTong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
Allison N RameyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Sharon L HyzyDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States.
Barbara D BoyanDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States; Wallace H. Coulter Department of Biomedical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA, United States. Electronic address: bboyan@vcu.edu.
Zvi SchwartzDepartment of Biomedical Engineering, School of Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, United States; Department of Periodontics, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States.
Virginia Commonwealth University · USGeorgia Institute of Technology · US

Funding

Mechanisms of Cell/Surface InteractionR01AR052102 · NIAMS · VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY · PI BOYAN, BARBARA D. · 2006 to 2015
$3.3M
NIAMS NIH HHS R01 AR052102
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Matrix vesicles (MVs) are membrane organelles found in the extracellular matrix of calcifying cells, which contain matrix processing enzymes and regulate the extracellular environment via action of these enzymes. It is unknown whether MVs are also exosomic mediators of cell-cell communication via transfer of RNA material, and specifically, microRNA (miRNA). We investigated the presence of RNA in MVs isolated from cultures of costochondral growth zone chondrocytes. Our results showed that the average yield of MV RNA was 1.93±0.78ng RNA/10(4) cells, which was approximately 0.1% of the parent cell's total RNA. MV RNA was well-protected from RNase by the lipid membrane and was highly enriched in small RNA molecules compared to cells. Moreover, coding and non-coding small RNAs in MVs were in proportions that differed from parent cells. Enrichment of specific miRNAs was consistently observed in all three miRNA detection platforms that we used, suggesting that miRNAs are selectively packaged into MVs. MV-enriched miRNAs were related to different signaling pathways associated with bone formation. This study suggests a significant role for MVs as "matrisomes" in cell-cell communication in cartilage and bone development via transfer of specific miRNAs.

Indexed as

AnimalsChondrocytesExtracellular MatrixExtracellular VesiclesGrowth PlateMaleMicroRNAsMolecular Sequence AnnotationRats, Sprague-DawleyReproducibility of ResultsRibonucleasesMicroRNAsRibonucleasesBone formationCell membraneChondrocyteEndochondral calcificationExosomesMatrix vesiclesMiRNA

Identifiers

PMID27080510
PMCPMC4899086
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