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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020

Glia-Derived Extracellular Vesicles in Parkinson's Disease.

Bianca Marchetti, Loredana Leggio, Francesca L'Episcopo, Silvia Vivarelli, Cataldo Tirolo, Greta Paternò, Carmela Giachino, Salvatore Caniglia, Maria Francesca Serapide, Nunzio Iraci

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Bianca MarchettiDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences (BIOMETEC), University of Catania, Torre Biologica, Via S. Sofia 97, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9287-8448
Loredana LeggioDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences (BIOMETEC), University of Catania, Torre Biologica, Via S. Sofia 97, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Francesca L'EpiscopoNeuropharmacology Section, OASI Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-3292-9677
Silvia VivarelliDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences (BIOMETEC), University of Catania, Torre Biologica, Via S. Sofia 97, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9363-6523
Cataldo TiroloNeuropharmacology Section, OASI Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.
Greta PaternòDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences (BIOMETEC), University of Catania, Torre Biologica, Via S. Sofia 97, 95125 Catania, Italy.
Carmela GiachinoNeuropharmacology Section, OASI Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.
Salvatore CanigliaNeuropharmacology Section, OASI Research Institute-IRCCS, 94018 Troina, Italy.
Maria Francesca SerapideDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences (BIOMETEC), University of Catania, Torre Biologica, Via S. Sofia 97, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6332-4772
Nunzio IraciDepartment of Biomedical and Biotechnological Sciences (BIOMETEC), University of Catania, Torre Biologica, Via S. Sofia 97, 95125 Catania, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2146-9329

Funding

Fondazione CON IL SUD "Brains2South" grantMinistero della Salute Cur. Res. and Finalized Res projects 2010-2020Università di Catania "Bando-Chance", PRIN-2015
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glial cells are fundamental players in the central nervous system (CNS) development and homeostasis, both in health and disease states. In Parkinson's disease (PD), a dysfunctional glia-neuron crosstalk represents a common final pathway contributing to the chronic and progressive death of dopaminergic (DAergic) neurons of the substantia nigra pars compacta (SNpc). Notably, glial cells communicating with each other by an array of molecules, can acquire a "beneficial" or "destructive" phenotype, thereby enhancing neuronal death/vulnerability and/or exerting critical neuroprotective and neuroreparative functions, with mechanisms that are actively investigated. An important way of delivering messenger molecules within this glia-neuron cross-talk consists in the secretion of extracellular vesicles (EVs). EVs are nano-sized membranous particles able to convey a wide range of molecular cargoes in a controlled way, depending on the specific donor cell and the microenvironmental milieu. Given the dual role of glia in PD, glia-derived EVs may deliver molecules carrying various messages for the vulnerable/dysfunctional DAergic neurons. Here, we summarize the state-of-the-art of glial-neuron interactions and glia-derived EVs in PD. Also, EVs have the ability to cross the blood brain barrier (BBB), thus acting both within the CNS and outside, in the periphery. In these regards, this review discloses the emerging applications of EVs, with a special focus on glia-derived EVs as potential carriers of new biomarkers and nanotherapeutics for PD.

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biomarkerscell-to-cell communicationexosomesextracellular vesiclesgliananotherapeuticsParkinson’s disease

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PMID32575923
PMCPMC7356371

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