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ReviewLife (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Extracellular Vesicles in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Gavin McCluskey, Karen E Morrison, Colette Donaghy, Frederique Rene, William Duddy, Stephanie Duguez

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In one paragraph

Review in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
29citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
3.2field-weighted citation impact, top 7% 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

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 31 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
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  6. ERVK activity in CD8Journal of neuroinflammation · 2026
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  8. Review of the Pathology of Muscle in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  17. Membrane Charge Drives the Aggregation of TDP-43 Pathological Fragments.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2025
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  18. Extracellular Vesicles as a Potential Therapy for Stroke.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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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

6 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Gavin McCluskeyPersonalised Medicine Centre, School of Medicine, Ulster University, Derry BT47 6SB, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1008-598X
Karen E MorrisonDepartment of Neurology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast BT12 6BA, UK.
Colette DonaghyDepartment of Neurology, Altnagelvin Hospital, Derry BT47 6SB, UK.
Frederique ReneINSERM U1118, Centre de Recherche en Biomédecine de Strasbourg, Université de Strasbourg, 67000 Strasbourg, France.
William DuddyPersonalised Medicine Centre, School of Medicine, Ulster University, Derry BT47 6SB, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-2239-9094
Stephanie DuguezPersonalised Medicine Centre, School of Medicine, Ulster University, Derry BT47 6SB, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-6510-5426
University of Ulster · GBInserm · FRQueen's University Belfast · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a progressive neurodegenerative disease and is the most common adult motor neuron disease. The disease pathogenesis is complex with the perturbation of multiple pathways proposed, including mitochondrial dysfunction, RNA processing, glutamate excitotoxicity, endoplasmic reticulum stress, protein homeostasis and endosomal transport/extracellular vesicle (EV) secretion. EVs are nanoscopic membrane-bound particles that are released from cells, involved in the intercellular communication of proteins, lipids and genetic material, and there is increasing evidence of their role in ALS. After discussing the biogenesis of EVs, we review their roles in the propagation of pathological proteins in ALS, such as TDP-43, SOD1 and FUS, and their contribution to disease pathology. We also discuss the ALS related genes which are involved in EV formation and vesicular trafficking, before considering the EV protein and RNA dysregulation found in ALS and how these have been investigated as potential biomarkers. Finally, we highlight the potential use of EVs as therapeutic agents in ALS, in particular EVs derived from mesenchymal stem cells and EVs as drug delivery vectors for potential treatment strategies.

Indexed as

amyotrophic lateral sclerosisexosomesextracellular vesiclesmotor neuron disease

Identifiers

PMID36676070
PMCPMC9867379
OpenAlexW4313515546

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Registered trials

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