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ReviewFEMS microbiology reviews2022

Communication is key: extracellular vesicles as mediators of infection and defence during host-microbe interactions in animals and plants.

Henrik U Stotz, Dominik Brotherton, Jameel Inal

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Review in FEMS microbiology reviews, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 65 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
65citing papers in PubMed
6.7field-weighted citation impact, top 2% 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

65 citing papers in PubMed, 112 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Plant pathogenic nematode exosomes remodel vector tracheae to enhance pathogen transmission.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026
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  19. Stage-Specific Lipidomes ofInternational journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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5 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 2 institutions in 1 country.

Henrik U StotzSchool of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2954-8566
Dominik BrothertonSchool of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK.
Jameel InalSchool of Life and Medical Sciences, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield AL10 9AB, UK.
University of Hertfordshire · GBLondon Metropolitan University · GB

Funding

BBSRC BB/R019819/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/V01725X/1REA LSC09RR3474University of Hertfordshire
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are now understood to be ubiquitous mediators of cellular communication. In this review, we suggest that EVs have evolved into a highly regulated system of communication with complex functions including export of wastes, toxins and nutrients, targeted delivery of immune effectors and vectors of RNA silencing. Eukaryotic EVs come in different shapes and sizes and have been classified according to their biogenesis and size distributions. Small EVs (or exosomes) are released through fusion of endosome-derived multivesicular bodies with the plasma membrane. Medium EVs (or microvesicles) bud off the plasma membrane as a form of exocytosis. Finally, large EVs (or apoptotic bodies) are produced as a result of the apoptotic process. This review considers EV secretion and uptake in four eukaryotic kingdoms, three of which produce cell walls. The impacts cell walls have on EVs in plants and fungi are discussed, as are roles of fungal EVs in virulence. Contributions of plant EVs to development and innate immunity are presented. Compelling cases are sporophytic self-incompatibility and cellular invasion by haustorium-forming filamentous pathogens. The involvement of EVs in all of these eukaryotic processes is reconciled considering their evolutionary history.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationExosomesExtracellular VesiclesAnimalsHost Microbial InteractionsImmunity, Innatebiotrophcellular cross-kingdom communicationendophyticESCRToomycetepathogenesis

Identifiers

PMID34448857
PMCPMC8767456
OpenAlexW3193729322

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