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ArticleJournal of extracellular biology2022

L1CAM-associated extracellular vesicles: A systematic review of nomenclature, sources, separation, and characterization.

Dimitria E Gomes, Kenneth W Witwer

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Article in Journal of extracellular biology, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 79 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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79citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
10.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

79 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 124 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Systematic review of changes in extracellular vesicles associated with obstructive sleep apnoea: implications for diagnosis and treatment.European respiratory review : an official journal of the European Respiratory Society · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Dimitria E GomesCornell University College of Veterinary Medicine, Ithaca, New York, USA.
Kenneth W WitwerDepartment of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1664-4233
Johns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Next-generation extracellular vesicle biologics to target central nervous system and peripheral reservoirs of HIVR01AI144997 · NIAID · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI RAMRATNAM, BHARAT, WITWER, KENNETH W · 2019 to 2023
$4.0M
Extracellular Vesicle and Extracellular RNA Biomarkers of HIV-1 Central Nervous System Pathogenesis and Cigarette UseR01DA047807 · NIDA · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WITWER, KENNETH W · 2018 to 2022
$3.7M
Novel Approaches to Capture, Sorting, and Characterization of CNS-Origin Extracellular VesiclesR33MH118164 · NIMH · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI MACHAIRAKI, VASILIKI, WITWER, KENNETH W · 2020 to 2022
$2.2M
Novel Separation Methods for exRNA Carriers: Extracellular Vesicles, Lipoprotein Particles, and Protein AggregatesUH3CA241694 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WITWER, KENNETH W · 2021 to 2022
$1.1M
Novel Separation Methods for exRNA Carriers: Extracellular Vesicles, Lipoprotein Particles, and Protein AggregatesUG3CA241694 · NCI · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI WITWER, KENNETH W · 2019 to 2020
$941k
NCI NIH HHS UG3 CA241694NCI NIH HHS UH3 CA241694NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI144997NIDA NIH HHS R01 DA047807NIMH NIH HHS R33 MH118164
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

When released into biological fluids like blood or saliva, brain extracellular vesicles (EVs) might provide a window into otherwise inaccessible tissue, contributing useful biomarkers of neurodegenerative and other central nervous system (CNS) diseases. To enrich for brain EVs in the periphery, however, cell-specific EV surface markers are needed. The protein that has been used most frequently to obtain EVs of putative neuronal origin is the transmembrane L1 cell adhesion molecule (L1CAM/CD171). In this systematic review, we examine the existing literature on L1CAM and EVs, including investigations of both neurodegenerative disease and cancer through the lens of the minimal information for studies of EVs (MISEV), specifically in the domains of nomenclature usage, EV sources, and EV separation and characterization. Although numerous studies have reported L1CAM-associated biomarker signatures that correlate with disease, interpretation of these results is complicated since L1CAM expression is not restricted to neurons and is also upregulated during cancer progression. A recent study has suggested that L1CAM epitopes are present in biofluids mostly or entirely as cleaved, soluble protein. Our findings on practices and trends in L1CAM-mediated EV separation, enrichment, and characterization yield insights that may assist with interpreting results, evaluating rigor, and suggesting avenues for further exploration.

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ectosomesexosomesextracellular vesiclesimmunoaffinityL1CAMmicrovesiclesMISEVneuronssystematic review

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PMID35492832
PMCPMC9045013
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