ReviewCell stress & chaperones2018
Extracellular small heat shock proteins: exosomal biogenesis and function.
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- Small HSPs at the crossroad between protein aggregation, autophagy and unconventional secretion: clinical implications and potential therapeutic opportunities in the context of neurodegenerative diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
- Mesenchymal stem cell-derived exosomes as a plausible immunomodulatory therapeutic tool for inflammatory diseases.Frontiers in cell and developmental biology · 2025Review
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- Enigmatic exosomal connection in lung cancer drug resistance.Molecular therapy. Nucleic acids · 2024Review
- The Interplay between Heat Shock Proteins and Cancer Pathogenesis: A Novel Strategy for Cancer Therapeutics.Cancers · 2024Review
- Proteomics analysis of extracellular vesicles for biomarkers of autism spectrum disorder.Frontiers in molecular biosciences · 2024Article
- Exosome Mediated Cell-Cell Crosstalk in Tissue Injury and Repair.Results and problems in cell differentiation · 2024Review
- Mitigation of Oxidative Stress in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Through Exosome-Mediated Therapies.International journal of nanomedicine · 2024Review
- Pre-exercise hot water immersion increased circulatory heat shock proteins but did not alter muscle damage markers or endurance capacity after eccentric exercise.Temperature (Austin, Tex.) · 2024Article
- The pathogenesis of multiple sclerosis: a series of unfortunate events.Clinical and experimental immunology · 2023Article
- Exosomal non-coding RNAs: Blueprint in colorectal cancer metastasis and therapeutic targets.Non-coding RNA research · 2023Review
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- Therapeutic potentials of stem cell-derived exosomes in cardiovascular diseases.Experimental biology and medicine (Maywood, N.J.) · 2023Review
- Enhancing the Cellular Production of Extracellular Vesicles for Developing Therapeutic Applications.Pharmaceutical research · 2023Review
- Heat shock protein A2 is a novel extracellular vesicle-associated protein.Scientific reports · 2023Article
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Abstract
Small heat shock proteins (sHsps) belong to the family of heat shock proteins (Hsps): some are induced in response to multiple stressful events to protect the cells while others are constitutively expressed. Until now, it was believed that Hsps, including sHsps, are present inside the cells and perform intracellular functions. Interestingly, several groups recently reported the extracellular presence of Hsps, and sHsps have also been detected in sera/cerebrospinal fluids in various pathological conditions. Secretion into the extracellular milieu during many pathological conditions suggests additional or novel functions of sHsps in addition to their intracellular properties. Extracellular sHsps are implicated in cell-cell communication, activation of immune cells, and promoting anti-inflammatory and anti-platelet responses. Interestingly, exogenous administration of sHsps showed therapeutic effects in multiple disease models implying that extracellular sHsps are beneficial in pathological conditions. sHsps do not possess signal sequence and, hence, are not exported through the classical Endoplasmic reticulum-Golgi complex (ER-Golgi) secretory pathway. Further, export of sHsps is not inhibited by ER-Golgi secretory pathway inhibitors implying the involvement of a nonclassical secretory pathway in sHsp export. In lieu, lysoendosomal and exosomal pathways have been proposed for the export of sHsps. Heat shock protein 27 (Hsp27), αB-crystallin (αBC), and Hsp20 are shown to be exported by exosomes. Exosomes packaged with sHsps have beneficial effects in in vivo disease models. However, secretion mechanisms and therapeutic use of sHsps have not been elucidated in detail. Therefore, this review aimed at highlighting the current understanding of sHsps (Hsp27, αBC, and Hsp20) in the extracellular medium.
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