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ReviewPlants (Basel, Switzerland)2023

Plant Extracellular Vesicles: Current Landscape and Future Directions.

Alfredo Ambrosone, Ani Barbulova, Elisa Cappetta, Fabrizio Cillo, Monica De Palma, Michelina Ruocco, Gabriella Pocsfalvi

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Review in Plants (Basel, Switzerland), 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 62 papers.

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62citing papers in PubMed
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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

62 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

7 authors.

Alfredo AmbrosoneDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-1897-4028
Ani BarbulovaInstitute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), Research Division (R.D.) Naples, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 80131 Naples, Italy.
Elisa CappettaDepartment of Pharmacy, University of Salerno, 84084 Fisciano, Italy.
Fabrizio CilloInstitute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Research Division (R.D.) Bari, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 70126 Bari, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9898-7533
Monica De PalmaInstitute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), Research Division (R.D.) Portici, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 80055 Portici, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9152-2119
Michelina RuoccoInstitute for Sustainable Plant Protection, Research Division (R.D.) Portici, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 80055 Portici, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8322-3503
Gabriella PocsfalviInstitute of Biosciences and BioResources (IBBR), Research Division (R.D.) Naples, National Research Council of Italy (CNR), 80131 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6065-3853

Funding

EV-C@p project by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation. KR23GR03"ON Foods", project under the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NRRP), Mission 4, Component 2 Investment 1.3 - Call for proposals No. 341-15/03/22 of Italian Ministry of University and Research funded by the European Union - NextGenerationEU Project code PE00000003, CUP D93C22000890001SCOBY-DO project by the European Union's Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement. No 101109583SecrEVome project (PRIN 2022) by the Italian Ministry of University and Research. 202224M943
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant cells secrete membrane-enclosed micrometer- and nanometer-sized vesicles that, similarly to the extracellular vesicles (EVs) released by mammalian or bacterial cells, carry a complex molecular cargo of proteins, nucleic acids, lipids, and primary and secondary metabolites. While it is technically complicated to isolate EVs from whole plants or their tissues, in vitro plant cell cultures provide excellent model systems for their study. Plant EVs have been isolated from the conditioned culture media of plant cell, pollen, hairy root, and protoplast cultures, and recent studies have gathered important structural and biological data that provide a framework to decipher their physiological roles and unveil previously unacknowledged links to their diverse biological functions. The primary function of plant EVs seems to be in the secretion that underlies cell growth and morphogenesis, cell wall composition, and cell-cell communication processes. Besides their physiological functions, plant EVs may participate in defence mechanisms against different plant pathogens, including fungi, viruses, and bacteria. Whereas edible and medicinal-plant-derived nanovesicles isolated from homogenised plant materials ex vivo are widely studied and exploited, today, plant EV research is still in its infancy. This review, for the first time, highlights the different in vitro sources that have been used to isolate plant EVs, together with the structural and biological studies that investigate the molecular cargo, and pinpoints the possible role of plant EVs as mediators in plant-pathogen interactions, which may contribute to opening up new scenarios for agricultural applications, biotechnology, and innovative strategies for plant disease management.

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apoplastic vesiclesextracellular vesiclesplant in vitro tissue and cell cultureroot exudate

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PMID38140468
PMCPMC10747359

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