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ReviewInternational journal of molecular sciences2019

Extracellular Vesicles as Diagnostics and Therapeutics for Structural Epilepsies.

Jenni Karttunen, Mette Heiskanen, Anssi Lipponen, David Poulsen, Asla Pitkänen

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Review in International journal of molecular sciences, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

5 authors.

Jenni KarttunenA. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland. jmk78@cam.ac.uk.
Mette HeiskanenA. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland. mette.heiskanen@uef.fi.ORCID 0000-0003-1624-5240
Anssi LipponenA. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland. anssi.lipponen@uef.fi.ORCID 0000-0002-4403-9084
David PoulsenUniversity at Buffalo, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, Clinical and Translational Research Center (CTRC), Department of Neurosurgery, Buffalo, NY 14203, USA. davidpou@buffalo.edu.
Asla PitkänenA. I. Virtanen Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, P.O. Box 1627, FI-70211 Kuopio, Finland. asla.pitkanen@uef.fi.

Funding

European Union's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) 602102Medical Research Council of the Academy of Finland 272249Medical Research Council of the Academy of Finland 273909
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small vesicles involved in intercellular communication. Data is emerging that EVs and their cargo have potential as diagnostic biomarkers and treatments for brain diseases, including traumatic brain injury and epilepsy. Here, we summarize the current knowledge regarding changes in EV numbers and cargo in status epilepticus (SE) and traumatic brain injury (TBI), which are clinically significant etiologies for acquired epileptogenesis in animals and humans. We also review encouraging data, which suggests that EVs secreted by stem cells may serve as recovery-enhancing treatments for SE and TBI. Using Gene Set Enrichment Analysis, we show that brain EV-related transcripts are positively enriched in rodent models of epileptogenesis and epilepsy, and altered in response to anti-seizure drugs. These data suggest that EVs show promise as biomarkers, treatments and drug targets for epilepsy. In parallel to gathering conceptual knowledge, analytics platforms for the isolation and analysis of EV contents need to be further developed.

Indexed as

AnimalsBiomarkersBrainBrain Injuries, TraumaticEpilepsyExtracellular VesiclesHumansBiomarkersantiepileptic druganti-seizure drugbiomarkerepileptogenesispost-traumatic epilepsytraumatic brain injury

Identifiers

PMID30871144
PMCPMC6470789

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