ReviewExtracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids2023
Hijacking intercellular trafficking for the spread of protein aggregates in neurodegenerative diseases: a focus on tunneling nanotubes (TNTs).
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- Building the bridges: molecular mechanisms of tunneling nanotube formation.Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS · 2026Review
- Toxic mechanisms of amyloid oligomers and therapeutic strategies.Protein science : a publication of the Protein Society · 2026Review
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- ImpairedNature communications · 2026Article
- Stress-induced tunneling nanotube communication in CNS glial cells: implications for inflammatory demyelination and repair failure.Frontiers in cellular neuroscience · 2026Review
- Mesenchymal Stromal/Stem Cells (MSCs) in Cancer Therapy: Advanced Therapeutic Strategies Towards Future Clinical Translation.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- The Impact of Neurotoxin Proteins Trafficked by Primary Cilia and Extracellular Vesicles in Neurodegenerative Diseases.Biology · 2025Review
- Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Transfer Through TNTs: From Organelle Dynamics to Cellular Crosstalk.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Overview of Metformin and Neurodegeneration: A Comprehensive Review.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Intercellular crosstalk mediated by tunneling nanotubes between central nervous system cells. What we need to advance.Frontiers in physiology · 2023Review
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Abstract
Over the years, the influence of secretory mechanisms on intercellular communication has been extensively studied. In the central nervous system (CNS), both trans-synaptic (neurotransmitter-based) and long-distance (extracellular vesicles-based) communications regulate activities and homeostasis. In less than a couple of decades, however, there has been a major paradigm shift in our understanding of intercellular communication. Increasing evidence suggests that besides secretory mechanisms (via extracellular vesicles), several cells are capable of establishing long-distance communication routes referred to as Tunneling Nanotubes (TNTs). TNTs are membranous bridges classically supported by F-Actin filaments, allowing for the exchange of different types of intracellular components between the connected cells, ranging from ions and organelles to pathogens and toxic protein aggregates. The roles of TNTs in pathological spreading of several neurodegenerative conditions such as Prion diseases, Alzheimer's disease (AD), Parkinson's disease (PD), and Huntington's disease (HD) have been well established. However, the fragile nature of these structures and lack of specific biomarkers raised some skepticism regarding their existence. In this review, we will first place TNTs within the spectrum of intercellular communication mechanisms before discussing their known and hypothesized biological relevance
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