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ReviewViruses2020

Extracellular Vesicles in the Pathogenesis of Viral Infections in Humans.

Allen Caobi, Madhavan Nair, Andrea D Raymond

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Review in Viruses, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
62citing papers in PubMed
4.5field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
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

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

62 citing papers in PubMed, 89 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Dengue virus harnesses mosquito Syntenin to load and secrete viral RNA into salivary exosomes.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  6. 80 years of extracellular vesicles: from discovery to clinical translation.Extracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids · 2026
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  12. Oral SARS-CoV-2 Infection and Risk for Long Covid.Reviews in medical virology · 2025
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2 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

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Allen CaobiDepartment of Immunology and Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Madhavan NairDepartment of Immunology and Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.
Andrea D RaymondDepartment of Immunology and Nanomedicine, Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine at Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4249-2296
Florida International University · US

Funding

Role of exosome extracellular vesicles in opiate abuse and HIV neuropathogenesisR01DA044498 · NIDA · FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY · PI RAYMOND, ANDREA DENISE · 2017 to 2019
$586k
Miami Center for AIDS Research(CFAR) FY2015NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA044498NIH HHS 1R01DA044498
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Most cells can release extracellular vesicles (EVs), membrane vesicles containing various proteins, nucleic acids, enzymes, and signaling molecules. The exchange of EVs between cells facilitates intercellular communication, amplification of cellular responses, immune response modulation, and perhaps alterations in viral pathogenicity. EVs serve a dual role in inhibiting or enhancing viral infection and pathogenesis. This review examines the current literature on EVs to explore the complex role of EVs in the enhancement, inhibition, and potential use as a nanotherapeutic against clinically relevant viruses, focusing on neurotropic viruses: Zika virus (ZIKV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Overall, this review's scope will elaborate on EV-based mechanisms, which impact viral pathogenicity, facilitate viral spread, and modulate antiviral immune responses.

Indexed as

Antiviral AgentsCell CommunicationCoronavirusExosomesExtracellular VesiclesHIVHIV InfectionsHumansRetroviridaeSimplexvirusTherapeuticsVirus DiseasesZika VirusZika Virus InfectionAntiviral Agentscoronavirusexosomesextracellular vesicles (EVs)herpes virusHIVpathologyretrovirustherapeuticsvirusesZIKA

Identifiers

PMID33096825
PMCPMC7589806
OpenAlexW3094538197

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Registered trials

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