ArticleClinical science (London, England : 1979)2023
The biodistribution of placental and fetal extracellular vesicles during pregnancy following placentation.
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- Placental Small Extracellular Vesicles Undetected in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Preeclamptic and Eclamptic Women.Biomolecules · 2026Article
- Tissue-Specific Extracellular Vesicles Enriched From Circulation: Exploring the Liquid Biopsy Perspective.Journal of extracellular biology · 2026Review
- Two Sides of the Same Coin-Mechanistic Insight, Diagnostic Application and Therapeutic Translation of Bacterial and Host-Derived Extracellular Vesicles.Journal of extracellular biology · 2025Review
- Exploring Regulatory Frameworks for Exosome Therapy: Insights and Perspectives.Health care science · 2025Article
- The single-cell immune profile throughout gestation and its potential value for identifying women at risk for spontaneous preterm birth.European journal of obstetrics & gynecology and reproductive biology: X · 2025Review
- Evaluation of unmodified human cell-derived extracellular vesicle mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid-based biodistribution in rodents.Journal of extracellular vesicles · 2024Article
- Diagnosis, Prevention, and Management of Fetal Growth Restriction (FGR).Journal of personalized medicine · 2024Review
- The 'communicatome' of pregnancy: spotlight on cellular and extravesicular chimerism.EMBO molecular medicine · 2024Review
- The role of the placenta-brain axis in psychoneuroimmune programming.Brain, behavior, & immunity - health · 2024Article
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Abstract
Human pregnancy is a highly orchestrated process requiring extensive cross-talk between the mother and the fetus. Extracellular vesicles released by the fetal tissue, particularly the placenta, are recognized as important mediators of this process. More recently, the importance of placental extracellular vesicle biodistribution studies in animal models has received increasing attention as identifying the organs to which extracellular vesicles are targeted to helps us understand more about this communication system. Placental extracellular vesicles are categorized based on their size into macro-, large-, and small-extracellular vesicles, and their biodistribution is dependent on the extracellular vesicle's particle size, the direction of blood flow, the recirculation of blood, as well as the retention capacity in organs. Macro-extracellular vesicles are exclusively localized to the lungs, while large- and small-extracellular vesicles show high levels of distribution to the lungs and liver, while there is inconsistency in the reporting of distribution to the spleen and kidneys. This inconsistency may be due to the differences in the methodologies employed between studies and their limitations. Future studies should incorporate analysis of placental extracellular vesicle biodistribution at the macroscopic level on whole animals and organs/tissues, as well as the microscopic cellular level.
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