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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2017

Exosomes: From Garbage Bins to Promising Therapeutic Targets.

Mohammed H Rashed, Emine Bayraktar, Gouda K Helal, Mohamed F Abd-Ellah, Paola Amero, Arturo Chavez-Reyes, Cristian Rodriguez-Aguayo

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 298 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
298citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
21.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

298 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 521 citations in OpenAlex.

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238 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

7 authors at 3 institutions in 4 countries.

Mohammed H RashedDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. rashedmm1977@gmail.com.
Emine BayraktarDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. bayraktaremine34@gmail.com.
Gouda K HelalDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Al-Azhar, Cairo 11754, Egypt. goudahelal@gmail.com.
Mohamed F Abd-EllahDepartment of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, The University of Al-Azhar, Cairo 11754, Egypt. mohamedabd_ellah@yahoo.com.
Paola AmeroDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. PAmero@mdanderson.org.
Arturo Chavez-ReyesCentro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Unidad Monterrey, Apodaca NL CP 66600, Mexico. achavezr@cinvestav.mx.
Cristian Rodriguez-AguayoDepartment of Experimental Therapeutics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA. CRodriguez2@mdanderson.org.
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center · USAl-Azhar University · EGCentro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados · MX

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Intercellular communication via cell-released vesicles is a very important process for both normal and tumor cells. Cell communication may involve exosomes, small vesicles of endocytic origin that are released by all types of cells and are found in abundance in body fluids, including blood, saliva, urine, and breast milk. Exosomes have been shown to carry lipids, proteins, mRNAs, non-coding RNAs, and even DNA out of cells. They are more than simply molecular garbage bins, however, in that the molecules they carry can be taken up by other cells. Thus, exosomes transfer biological information to neighboring cells and through this cell-to-cell communication are involved not only in physiological functions such as cell-to-cell communication, but also in the pathogenesis of some diseases, including tumors and neurodegenerative conditions. Our increasing understanding of why cells release exosomes and their role in intercellular communication has revealed the very complex and sophisticated contribution of exosomes to health and disease. The aim of this review is to reveal the emerging roles of exosomes in normal and pathological conditions and describe the controversial biological role of exosomes, as it is now understood, in carcinogenesis. We also summarize what is known about exosome biogenesis, composition, functions, and pathways and discuss the potential clinical applications of exosomes, especially as biomarkers and novel therapeutic agents.

Indexed as

Biological TransportCell CommunicationDrug Delivery SystemsExosomesHumansNeoplasmsNeurodegenerative Diseasesbiomarkersexosome-based therapeuticsintercellular communicationnon-coding RNAstumor-derived exosomes

Identifiers

PMID28257101
PMCPMC5372554
OpenAlexW2592666178

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