Cited by 1,781Extracellular vesicles in diseaseCellular transport and secretionNanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery

Biogenesis and secretion of exosomes

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Kowal, Joanna, Tkach, Mercedes, Théry, Clotilde·2014·Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Abstract

Although observed for several decades, the release of membrane-enclosed vesicles by cells into their surrounding environment has been the subject of increasing interest in the past few years, which led to the creation, in 2012, of a scientific society dedicated to the subject: the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles. Convincing evidence that vesicles allow exchange of complex information fuelled this rise in interest. But it has also become clear that different types of secreted vesicles co-exist, with different intracellular origins and modes of formation, and thus probably different compositions and functions. Exosomes are one sub-type of secreted vesicles. They form inside eukaryotic cells in multivesicular compartments, and are secreted when these compartments fuse with the plasma membrane. Interestingly, different families of molecules have been shown to allow intracellular formation of exosomes and their subsequent secretion, which suggests that even among exosomes different sub-types exist.

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Authors
Kowal, J., Tkach, M., & Théry, C.
Affiliations
Inserm (FR)
Corresponding author
Théry, Clotilde
Venue
Current Opinion in Cell Biology
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-08
Volume
29
Pages
116-125
ISSN
0955-0674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2143729276
Cited by
1,781
References
83
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FWCI
8.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
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Locations
  • Current Opinion in Cell Biology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • HAL (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale, Institut Curie
  • Association pour la Recherche contre le Cancer
  • Fondation de France, Agence Nationale de la Recherche (ANR-10-IDEX-0001-02 PSL*, ANR-11-LABX-0043)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Extracellular vesicles in disease
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular transport and secretion
  • Physical Sciences › Materials Science › Biomaterials › Nanoparticle-Based Drug Delivery
Keywords
exosomes, extracellular vesicles, exosome biogenesis, exosome secretion, multivesicular bodies, vesicle formation, plasma membrane fusion
MeSH terms
Animals, Biological Transport, Cell Membrane, Humans, Exosomes

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