Smart nanoscale extracellular vesicles in the brain: unveiling their biology, diagnostic potential, and therapeutic applications

A Onkar, F Khan, A Goenka… - … applied materials & …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Information exchange is essential for the brain, where it communicates the physiological and
pathological signals to the periphery and vice versa. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are a …

[HTML][HTML] Prion protein: the molecule of many forms and faces

V Kovač, V Čurin Šerbec - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Cellular prion protein (PrPC) is a glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored protein most
abundantly found in the outer membrane of neurons. Due to structural characteristics (a …

Microglial large extracellular vesicles propagate early synaptic dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease

M Gabrielli, I Prada, P Joshi, C Falcicchia, G D'Arrigo… - Brain, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Synaptic dysfunction is an early mechanism in Alzheimer's disease that involves
progressively larger areas of the brain over time. However, how it starts and propagates is …

A new understanding of TMEM119 as a marker of microglia

C Ruan, W Elyaman - Frontiers in cellular neuroscience, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Neuroinflammation is a hallmark of many neurological diseases including traumatic brain
injury (TBI), which is usually characterized by two pathological hallmarks: activation of …

[HTML][HTML] Microglial CMPK2 promotes neuroinflammation and brain injury after ischemic stroke

X Guan, S Zhu, J Song, K Liu, M Liu, L **e, Y Wang… - Cell Reports …, 2024 - cell.com
Neuroinflammation plays a significant role in ischemic injury, which can be promoted by
oxidized mitochondrial DNA (Ox-mtDNA). Cytidine/uridine monophosphate kinase 2 …

Engineering CXCL12 biomimetic decoy‐integrated versatile immunosuppressive nanoparticle for ischemic stroke therapy with Management of Overactivated Brain …

J Shi, Y Yang, N Yin, C Liu, Y Zhao, H Cheng… - Small …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Following ischemic stroke, brain‐resident activated microglia and peripherally infiltrated
inflammatory cells create a complicated and overactivated brain immune microenvironment …

Elevation of astrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles over the first month post-stroke in humans

MA Edwardson, M Mitsuhashi, D Van Epps - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
We sought to identify alterations in the quantity of plasma brain-derived extracellular
vesicles (EV) over the first month post-stroke to shed light on related injury and repair …

Prospects and challenges of tissue-derived extracellular vesicles (Ti-EVs)

JC Lee, RM Ray, TA Scott - Molecular Therapy, 2024 - cell.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are considered a vital component of cell-to-cell communication
and represent a new frontier in diagnostics and a means to identify pathways for therapeutic …

Microglia‐derived extracellular vesicles in homeostasis and demyelination/remyelination processes

VSB Wies Mancini, VS Mattera… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Microglia (MG) play a crucial role as the predominant myeloid cells in the central nervous
system and are commonly activated in multiple sclerosis. They perform essential functions …

[HTML][HTML] Mechanisms and biomarker potential of extracellular vesicles in stroke

N Ollen-Bittle, AD Roseborough, W Wang, JD Wu… - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary A stroke occurs when there is a lack of blood flow to the brain. Stroke
injures the brain and can have devastating outcomes depending on the size and location of …