Evidence map›Paper›PMID 28526928›Full record

ReviewCardiology and therapy2017

Exosomes in Cardiovascular Medicine.

Iain M Dykes

Erratum issuedOpen access · goldAbstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Cardiology and therapy, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 17 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
17citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

17 citing papers in PubMed, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. EstablishingMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
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  9. Direct Reprogramming of Cardiac Fibroblasts to Repair the Injured Heart.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2021
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  17. Telocytes in the human sinoatrial node.Journal of cellular and molecular medicine · 2018
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Iain M DykesSchool of Clinical Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom. iain.dykes@bristol.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1030-3721
University of Bristol · GB

Funding

Newlife Foundation for Disabled Children SG/16-17/07
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exosomes are small, extracellular membrane-bound particles that mediate intercellular transport of a cytosolic cargo. Exosomal transfer of micro-RNA can modify gene expression in targeted cells. Exosome-based endocrine/paracrine signaling has been shown to be involved in a wide range of physiological processes including those associated with cardiovascular injury and disease, but remains relatively poorly understood. Exosomes offer great potential to the clinical field, with applications in both diagnostics and therapeutics. A stable, circulating form of micro-RNA exists in blood protected from endogenous nucleases. This population of micro-RNA, which includes both exosomal and non-exosomal fractions, may be isolated from blood and exploited as a novel disease biomarker with the potential to deliver increased specificity and rapid diagnosis compared to conventional biomarkers. Exosomes also offer a natural drug-delivery vehicle, providing immune evasion and specific targeting through engineering of surface-displayed ligands. Much of the cardioprotective and regenerative benefits of stem-cell grafts are now thought to derive from paracrine signaling rather than direct tissue incorporation and therefore stem cell-derived exosomes offer the potential for a convenient cell-free therapeutic option, eliminating many of the risks and variability associated with stem-cell therapy. In this review, we consider the potential applications of this emerging field to cardiovascular medicine, taking myocardial infarction as our primary example.

Indexed as

Acute myocardial infarctionBiomarkerCardiovascular diseaseCirculating micro-RNADrug deliveryExosomeMicro RNANanoparticleStem cell therapyTroponin

Identifiers

PMID28526928
PMCPMC5688968
OpenAlexW2615055378

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