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ReviewCellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS2018

Current knowledge on exosome biogenesis and release.

Nina Pettersen Hessvik, Alicia Llorente

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Review in Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1,429 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1,429citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
73.4field-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

1,429 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 2,324 citations in OpenAlex.

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  17. Citrus limon-Derived Extracellular Vesicles Promote Hair Growth.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2026
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  18. Exosomes in precision dermatology: From biomarkers to targeted therapeutics in personalized care.Journal of the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology : JEADV · 2026
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1,369 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

2 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nina Pettersen HessvikDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, 0379, Oslo, Norway.
Alicia LlorenteDepartment of Molecular Cell Biology, Institute for Cancer Research, Oslo University Hospital, The Norwegian Radium Hospital, 0379, Oslo, Norway. Alicia.Martinez.Llorente@rr-research.no.
Oslo University Hospital · NOUniversity of Oslo · NO

Funding

The Norwegian Financial Mechanism NFI/R/2014/045The Research Council of Norway 179571
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exosomes are nanosized membrane vesicles released by fusion of an organelle of the endocytic pathway, the multivesicular body, with the plasma membrane. This process was discovered more than 30 years ago, and during these years, exosomes have gone from being considered as cellular waste disposal to mediate a novel mechanism of cell-to-cell communication. The exponential interest in exosomes experienced during recent years is due to their important roles in health and disease and to their potential clinical application in therapy and diagnosis. However, important aspects of the biology of exosomes remain unknown. To explore the use of exosomes in the clinic, it is essential that the basic molecular mechanisms behind the transport and function of these vesicles are better understood. We have here summarized what is presently known about how exosomes are formed and released by cells. Moreover, other cellular processes related to exosome biogenesis and release, such as autophagy and lysosomal exocytosis are presented. Finally, methodological aspects related to exosome release studies are discussed.

Indexed as

Membrane FusionAnimalsAutophagyBiological TransportCell MembraneExocytosisExosomesHumansLysosomesMultivesicular BodiesAutophagyEndosomesExosomesExtracellular vesiclesLysosomesMicrovesiclesMVB biogenesisMVBsReleaseSecretion

Identifiers

PMID28733901
PMCPMC5756260
OpenAlexW2738491178

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