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ReviewJournal of cellular physiology2022

The role of exosomes from BALF in lung disease.

Ziyu Liu, Jiaqing Yan, Lingling Tong, Shouyue Liu, Ying Zhang

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Review in Journal of cellular physiology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 37 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
37citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.7field-weighted citation impact, top 6% 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

37 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 58 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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ziyu LiuDepartment of Pediatrics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Jiaqing YanHospital of Stomatology, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Lingling TongDepartment of Pathology, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.
Shouyue LiuDepartment of Neurosurgery, Second Hospital, Jilin University, Changchun, China.
Ying ZhangDepartment of Pediatrics, The First Hospital of Jilin University, Jilin University, Changchun, Jilin, China.ORCID 0000-0003-1395-8552
Jilin University · CNSecond Affiliated Hospital of Jilin University · CN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exosomes are released from a variety of immune cells and nonimmune cells, the phospholipid vesicle bilayer membrane structure actively secreted into tissues. Recently, exosomes were demonstrated to be effectively delivered proteins, cholesterol, lipids, and amounts of DNA, mRNA, and noncoding RNAs to a target cell or tissue from a host cell. These can be detected in blood, urine, exhaled breath condensates, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF), ascites, and cerebrospinal fluid. BALF is a clinical examination method for obtaining alveolar cells and biochemical components, reflecting changes in the lungs, so it is also called liquid biopsy. Exosomes from BALF become a new method for intercellular communication and well-documented in various pulmonary diseases. In chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), BALF exosomes can predict the degree of COPD damage and serve as an effective monitoring indicator for airflow limitation and airway remodeling. It also mediates antigen presentation in the airways to the adaptive immune system as well as costimulatory effects. Furthermore, BALF exosomes from acute lung injury and infective diseases are closely related to various infections and lack of oxygen status. BALF exosomes play an important role in the diagnosis and prognosis of lung cancer. The effect of immunomodulatory role for BALF exosomes in adaptive and innate immune responses has been studied in sarcoidosis. The intercellular communication in the microenvironment of BALF exosomes in pulmonary fibrosis and lung remodeling have been studied. In this review, we summarize the novel findings of exosomes in BALF, executed function by protein, miRNA, DNA cytokine, and so on in several pulmonary diseases.

Indexed as

ExosomesLung DiseasesPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveBronchoalveolar Lavage FluidHumansLungBALFCOPDexosomeslung cancerpulmonary infection

Identifiers

PMID34388259
PMCPMC9292261
OpenAlexW3187149124

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