Evidence map›Paper›PMID 38884207›Full record

ReviewGenetics2024

Extracellular vesicles.

Juan Wang, Maureen M Barr, Ann M Wehman

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Review in Genetics, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 40 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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40citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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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

40 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Pooled it
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  3. Condensates on the Move: Midbody Remnants as Large, Translation-Competent Extracellular Vesicles.BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology · 2026
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  11. The extracellular matrix genebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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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

3 authors.

Juan WangDepartment of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.
Maureen M BarrDepartment of Genetics, Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ 08854, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-4483-2952
Ann M WehmanDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80210, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9826-4132

Funding

Polycystins, cilia, and extracellular vesicles in C. elegansR01DK059418 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON · PI Maureen M Barr · 2001 to 2026
$9.9M
Nephronophthisis-related ciliopathies and ciliary specializationR01DK116606 · NIDDK · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI Maureen M Barr · 2018 to 2026
$3.7M
Fundamental biology of neuronal extracellular vesicles - RenewalRF1NS120745 · NINDS · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI Maureen M Barr · 2021 to 2026
$3.0M
Fundamental Biology of Neuronal Extracellular VesiclesR01NS120745 · NINDS · RUTGERS, THE STATE UNIV OF N.J. · PI BARR, MAUREEN M · 2024 to 2025
$785k
American Cancer SocietyDeutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft WE5719/2-1National Institute of Health DK059418NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK059418NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK116606NIH HHS DK059418NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS120745NINDS NIH HHS RF1 NS120745
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Extracellular vesicles (EVs) encompass a diverse array of membrane-bound organelles released outside cells in response to developmental and physiological cell needs. EVs play important roles in remodeling the shape and content of differentiating cells and can rescue damaged cells from toxic or dysfunctional content. EVs can send signals and transfer metabolites between tissues and organisms to regulate development, respond to stress or tissue damage, or alter mating behaviors. While many EV functions have been uncovered by characterizing ex vivo EVs isolated from body fluids and cultured cells, research using the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans has provided insights into the in vivo functions, biogenesis, and uptake pathways. The C. elegans EV field has also developed methods to analyze endogenous EVs within the organismal context of development and adult physiology in free-living, behaving animals. In this review, we summarize major themes that have emerged for C. elegans EVs and their relevance to human health and disease. We also highlight the diversity of biogenesis mechanisms, locations, and functions of worm EVs and discuss open questions and unexplored topics tenable in C. elegans, given the nematode model is ideal for light and electron microscopy, genetic screens, genome engineering, and high-throughput omics.

Indexed as

Caenorhabditis elegansExtracellular VesiclesAnimalsHumansCaenorhabditis elegansciliaexosomeextracellular vesiclemicrovesiclemidbody remnantspermatogenesis

Identifiers

PMID38884207
PMCPMC11304975

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