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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2017

Exosomes, an Unmasked Culprit in Neurodegenerative Diseases.

Federico N Soria, Olatz Pampliega, Mathieu Bourdenx, Wassilios G Meissner, Erwan Bezard, Benjamin Dehay

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In one paragraph

Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 85 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
85citing papers in PubMed
7.2field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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

85 citing papers in PubMed, 131 citations in OpenAlex.

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25 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Federico N SoriaInstitut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293, Université de BordeauxBordeaux, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293Bordeaux, France.
Olatz PampliegaInstitut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293, Université de BordeauxBordeaux, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293Bordeaux, France.
Mathieu BourdenxInstitut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293, Université de BordeauxBordeaux, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293Bordeaux, France.
Wassilios G MeissnerInstitut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293, Université de BordeauxBordeaux, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293Bordeaux, France.
Erwan BezardInstitut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293, Université de BordeauxBordeaux, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293Bordeaux, France.
Benjamin DehayInstitut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293, Université de BordeauxBordeaux, France; Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives, UMR 5293Bordeaux, France.
Institut des Maladies Neurodégénératives · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exosomes are extracellular nanovesicles (30-100 nm) generated from endosomal membranes and known to be released by all cell lineages of the Central Nervous System (CNS). They constitute important vesicles for the secretion and transport of multilevel information, including signaling, toxic, and regulatory molecules. Initially thought to have a function merely in waste disposal, the involvement of exosomes in neuronal development, maintenance, and regeneration through its paracrine and endocrine signaling functions has drawn particular attention in recent years. These vesicles, being involved in the clearance and cell-to-cell spreading of toxic molecules, have been naturally implicated in aging, and in several neurodegenerative diseases associated with pathological conversion of proteins, as well as in the transport of other disease-associated molecules, such as nucleic acids or pro-inflammatory cytokines. Our understanding of such unique form of communication may provide not only answers about (patho)physiological processes in the brain, but can also offer means to exploit these vesicles as vehicles for the delivery of biologically relevant molecules or as tools to monitor brain diseases in a non-invasive way. A promising field in expansion, the study of exosomes and related extracellular vesicles has just commenced to unveil their potential as therapeutic tools for brain disorders as well as biomarkers of disease state.

Indexed as

biomarkerscell-to-cell transmissionexosomesextracellular vesiclesneurodegeneration

Identifiers

PMID28197068
PMCPMC5281572
OpenAlexW2582522322

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