ArticleJournal of the American Heart Association2016
Macrophage Foam Cell-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Promote Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Migration and Adhesion.
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93 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 138 citations in OpenAlex.
- Molecular Interactions Between Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells and Macrophages in Atherosclerosis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2021Pooled it
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- Mapping the miRNA landscape of primitive macrophage extracellular vesicles highlights their pro-vasculogenic effects in engineered human cardiac tissue.APL bioengineering · 2026Article
- Use of the J774A.1 Cell Line as a Model in the In Vitro Study of Extracellular Vesicle Secretion from Histiocytic Sarcoma in Patients with Bacterial Co-Infections.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Article
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- Extracellular Vesicles as Biomarkers and Non-Surgical Therapeutics in Cardiovascular Diseases.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Extracellular vesicle-mediated immune-metabolic crosstalk: research advances in inflammatory regulation and the pathogenesis of metabolic diseases.Frontiers in immunology · 2026Review
- The dual role of extracellular vesicles in vascular calcification: from molecular mechanisms to clinical translation.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Review
- "Attractive" Treatment for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Magnetic Localization of Silk-Iron Packaged Extracellular Vesicles.Journal of functional biomaterials · 2025Article
- Exosomal non-coding RNAs: key regulators of inflammation-related cardiovascular disorders.European journal of medical research · 2025Review
- Involvement of miRNA-204 carried by the exosomes of macrophages in the AT2 receptor-mediated improvement of vascular calcification.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2025Article
- Stem cell-derived exosome delivery systems for treating atherosclerosis: The new frontier of stem cell therapy.Materials today. Bio · 2025Review
- Exosomes in Atherosclerosis: Role in the Pathogenesis and Targets for Therapy.Current medicinal chemistry · 2025Review
- Emerging understandings of the role of exosomes in atherosclerosis.Journal of cellular physiology · 2025Review
- The biology of exosomes and exosomal non-coding RNAs in cardiovascular diseases.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Macrophage-driven exosomes regulate the progression of cardiovascular disease.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Review
- Chondroprotective functions of neutrophil-derived extracellular vesicles by promoting the production of secreted frizzled-related protein 5 in cartilage.Cell communication and signaling : CCS · 2024Article
- Macrophage exosomal miR-30c-2-3p in atherosclerotic plaques aggravates microglial neuroinflammation during large-artery atherosclerotic stroke via TGF-β/SMAD2 pathway.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundA new mechanism for intercellular communication has recently emerged that involves intercellular transfer of extracellular vesicles (EVs). Several studies have indicated that EVs may play a potential role in cell-to-cell communication between macrophage foam cells and vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) in atherosclerotic lesion. METHODS AND
resultsThis study involved the comparison of circulating EVs from atherosclerotic patients and control participants. The results showed that the circulation of the patients contained more leukocyte-derived EVs and that these EVs promoted more VSMC adhesion and migration than those of healthy participants. We then established a macrophage foam cell model and characterized the EVs from the macrophages. We used flow cytometric analyses and cell migration and adhesion assays and determined that the foam cells generated more EVs than the normal macrophages and that the foam cell-derived EVs were capable of promoting increased levels of VSMC migration and adhesion. Furthermore, we performed a proteomic analysis of the EVs. The data showed that the foam cell-derived EVs may promote VSMC adhesion and migration by regulating the actin cytoskeleton and focal adhesion pathways. In addition, Western blotting revealed that foam cell-derived EVs could promote the phosphorylation of ERK and Akt in VSMCs in a time-dependent manner. We also found that foam cell-derived EVs could enter the VSMCs and transfer integrins to the surface of these cells.
conclusionsThe data in our present study provide the first evidence that EVs from foam cells could promote VSMC migration and adhesion, which may be mediated by the integration of EVs into VSMCs and the subsequent downstream activation of ERK and Akt.
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