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ArticleFrontiers in physiology2018

Effects of Acute Aerobic Exercise on Rats Serum Extracellular Vesicles Diameter, Concentration and Small RNAs Content.

Getúlio P Oliveira, William F Porto, Cintia C Palu, Lydyane M Pereira, Bernardo Petriz, Jeeser A Almeida, Juliane Viana, Nezio N A Filho, Octavio L Franco, Rinaldo W Pereira

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Article in Frontiers in physiology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 74 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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74citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
2.9field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

74 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 102 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of different exercise intensity on bone mineral density in adults: a comparative systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2022
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  5. Exercise-induced extracellular vesicles derived from platelet-rich plasma improved recovery after ischemic stroke.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2026
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  9. Adipose-Derived Extracellular Vesicles and Intercellular Crosstalk With Skeletal Muscle: Implications for Sarcopenic Obesity and Metabolic Dysregulation.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
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  18. Exosomes and microRNAs as mediators of the exercise.European journal of medical research · 2025
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  19. From gains to liver pain: when exercise training goes too far.Extracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids · 2025
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14 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

10 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Getúlio P OliveiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Patologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
William F PortoS-Inova Biotech, Pós-Graduação em Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica Dom Bosco, Campo Grande, Brazil.
Cintia C PaluBioinformatics, NSilico Life Science Ltd., Cork, Ireland.
Lydyane M PereiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Bernardo PetrizPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Jeeser A AlmeidaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Saúde e Desenvolvimento na Região Centro Oeste, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, Brazil.
Juliane VianaPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Patologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Nezio N A FilhoPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Ciências Genômicas e Biotecnologia, Universidade Católica de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Octavio L FrancoPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Patologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Rinaldo W PereiraPrograma de Pós-Graduação em Patologia Molecular, Universidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Universidade Católica de Brasília · BRUniversidade de Brasília · BRUniversidade Católica Dom Bosco · BRUniversidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul · BRUniversity College Cork · IE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Physical exercise stimulates organs, mainly the skeletal muscle, to release a broad range of molecules, recently dubbed exerkines. Among them, RNAs, such as miRNAs, piRNAs, and tRNAs loaded in extracellular vesicles (EVs) have the potential to play a significant role in the way muscle and other organs communicate to translate exercise into health. Low, moderate and high intensity treadmill protocols were applied to rat groups, aiming to investigate the impact of exercise on serum EVs and their associated small RNA molecules. Transmission electron microscopy, resistive pulse sensing, and western blotting were used to investigate EVs morphology, size distribution, concentration and EVs marker proteins. Small RNA libraries from EVs RNA were sequenced. Exercise did not change EVs size, while increased EVs concentration. Twelve miRNAs were found differentially expressed after exercise: rno-miR-128-3p, 103-3p, 330-5p, 148a-3p, 191a-5p, 10b-5p, 93-5p, 25-3p, 142-5p, 3068-3p, 142-3p, and 410-3p. No piRNA was found differentially expressed, and one tRNA, trna8336, was found down-regulated after exercise. The differentially expressed miRNAs were predicted to target genes involved in the MAPK pathway. A single bout of exercise impacts EVs and their small RNA load, reinforcing the need for a more detailed investigation into EVs and their load as mediators of health-promoting exercise.

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aerobic exerciseedgeRextracellular vesiclesNextGenesmall RNA (smallRNA)

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PMID29881354
PMCPMC5976735
OpenAlexW2799875505

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