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ReviewProgress in neurobiology2019

Exosomal miRNAs in central nervous system diseases: biomarkers, pathological mediators, protective factors and therapeutic agents.

Xiaohuan Xia, Yi Wang, Yunlong Huang, Han Zhang, Hongfang Lu, Jialin C Zheng

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Review in Progress in neurobiology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 130 papers.

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130citing papers in PubMed
9.5field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

130 citing papers in PubMed, 198 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaohuan XiaCenter for Translational Neurodegeneration and Regenerative Therapy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China.
Yi WangCenter for Translational Neurodegeneration and Regenerative Therapy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China.
Yunlong HuangCenter for Translational Neurodegeneration and Regenerative Therapy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China; Departments of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-5930, USA.
Han ZhangSecond Military Medical University, Shanghai 200433, China.
Hongfang LuCenter for Translational Neurodegeneration and Regenerative Therapy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China.
Jialin C ZhengCenter for Translational Neurodegeneration and Regenerative Therapy, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital affiliated to Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200072, China; Collaborative Innovation Center for Brain Science, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China; Departments of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, 68198-5930, USA. Electronic address: jialinzheng@tongji.edu.cn.
Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital · CNUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center · USSecond Military Medical University · CNTongji University · CN

Funding

Glutaminase and its neurotoxic link to HANDR01NS097195 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER · PI GENDELMAN, HOWARD E · 2016 to 2020
$1.5M
NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS097195
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exosomes are small bilipid layer-enclosed extracellular vesicles that can be found in tissues and biological fluids. As a key cell-to-cell and distant communication mediator, exosomes are involved in various central nervous system (CNS) diseases, potentially through transferring their contents such as proteins, lipids and nucleic acids to the target cells. Exosomal miRNAs, which are small non-coding RNAs in the exosomes, are known to be more stable than free miRNAs and therefore have lasting effects on disease-related gene expressions. There are distinct profiles of exosomal miRNAs in different types of CNS diseases even before the onset of irreversible neurological damages, indicating that exosomal miRNAs within tissues and biological fluids could serve as promising biomarkers. Emerging evidence has also demonstrated the pathological effects of several exosomal miRNAs in CNS diseases via specific modulation of disease-related factors. Moreover, exosomes carry therapeutically beneficial miRNAs across the blood-brain-barrier, which can be exploited as a powerful drug delivery tool to help alleviating multiple CNS diseases. In this review, we summarize the recent progress made in understanding the biological roles of exosomal miRNAs as potential diagnostic biomarkers, pathological regulators, and therapeutic targets/drugs for CNS diseases. A comprehensive discussion of the main concerns and challenges for the applications of exosomal miRNAs in the clinical setting is also provided.

Indexed as

Central Nervous System DiseasesBiomarkersExosomesHumansMicroRNAsProtective FactorsBiomarkersMicroRNAs

Identifiers

PMID31542363
PMCPMC7323939
OpenAlexW2973943159

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