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ArticleFrontiers in cellular neuroscience2021

Extracellular Vesicles as a Means of Viral Immune Evasion, CNS Invasion, and Glia-Induced Neurodegeneration.

Miranda D Horn, Andrew G MacLean

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Article in Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers.

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21citing papers in PubMed
1.3field-weighted citation impact, top 20% 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

21 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.

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  12. Extracellular Vesicles: The Invisible Heroes and Villains of COVID-19 Central Neuropathology.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Miranda D HornNeuroscience Program, Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States.
Andrew G MacLeanNeuroscience Program, Brain Institute, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA, United States.
Tulane University · US

Funding

Tulane NPRC SPF Sheltered Outdoor Enclosure ExpansionP51OD011104 · OD · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI L Lee HAMM · 2012 to 2026
$142.4M
Eradication of latent SIV from the CNSR01NS104016 · NINDS · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI LING, BINHUA "JULIE", MACLEAN, ANDREW G · 2017 to 2021
$3.7M
Exploratory Research on HIV Contribution to Heart and Lung ComorbiditiesR01HL152804 · NHLBI · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI MACLEAN, ANDREW G · 2020 to 2023
$2.4M
Exosome Origin in HIV PathogenesisR21MH113517 · NIMH · TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA · PI MACLEAN, ANDREW G · 2017 to 2018
$470k
NHLBI NIH HHS R01 HL152804NIH HHS P51 OD011104NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH113517NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS104016
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small, membrane-bound vesicles released by cells as a means of intercellular communication. EVs transfer proteins, nucleic acids, and other biologically relevant molecules from one cell to another. In the context of viral infections, EVs can also contain viruses, viral proteins, and viral nucleic acids. While there is some evidence that the inclusion of viral components within EVs may be part of the host defense, much of the research in this field supports a pro-viral role for EVs. Packaging of viruses within EVs has repeatedly been shown to protect viruses from antibody neutralization while also allowing for their integration into cells otherwise impervious to the virus. EVs also bidirectionally cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB), providing a potential route for peripheral viruses to enter the brain while exiting EVs may serve as valuable biomarkers of neurological disease burden. Within the brain, EVs can alter glial activity, increase neuroinflammation, and induce neurotoxicity. The purpose of this mini-review is to summarize research related to viral manipulation of EV-mediated intercellular communication and how such manipulation may lead to infection of the central nervous system, chronic neuroinflammation, and neurodegeneration.

Indexed as

astrocyteexosomesextracellular vesiclesgliamicrogliamicrovesiclesneurodegenerationvirus

Identifiers

PMID34290592
PMCPMC8287503
OpenAlexW3179624041

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