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Regulation of immune responses by extracellular vesicles

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Robbins, Paul D., Morelli, Adrian E.·2014·Nature Reviews Immunology

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Extracellular vesicles, including exosomes, are small membrane vesicles derived from multivesicular bodies or from the plasma membrane. Most, if not all, cell types release extracellular vesicles, which then enter the bodily fluids. These vesicles contain a subset of proteins, lipids and nucleic acids that are derived from the parent cell. It is thought that extracellular vesicles have important roles in intercellular communication, both locally and systemically, as they transfer their contents, including proteins, lipids and RNAs, between cells. Extracellular vesicles are involved in numerous physiological processes, and vesicles from both non-immune and immune cells have important roles in immune regulation. Moreover, extracellular vesicle-based therapeutics are being developed and clinically tested for the treatment of inflammatory diseases, autoimmune disorders and cancer. Given the tremendous therapeutic potential of extracellular vesicles, this Review focuses on their role in modulating immune responses, as well as their potential therapeutic applications.

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  • EVs sourced from immune cells, such as dendritic cells, macrophages, and natural killer cells, demonstrate an increased ability to evade immune clearance.

    “EVs sourced from immune cells, such as DCs, macrophages, and natural killer (NK) cells, demonstrate an increased ability to evade immune clearance [38].”

    From Extracellular vesicles as nanotheranostic platforms for targeted neurological disorder interventions (2024) · cites this paper as [38]

    In “Therapeutic applications of immunoregulatory extracellular vesicles > APC-derived extracellular vesicles” (page unavailable), the review says injected dendritic-cell-derived EVs are rapidly cleared by phagocytic leukocytes—the opposite of the claimed ability to evade clearance. It does not establish increased clearance evasion for macrophage- or NK-cell-derived EVs. (LLM, conf=0.82)

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  • EVs are membranous vesicles secreted by all cell types, including healthy, diseased, stem, and transformed cells.

    “These are membranous vesicles that are secreted by all cell types, such as healthy, diseased, stem, and transformed cells [37, 38].”

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    The Introduction describes EVs as membrane vesicles released by almost all cell types; the sections on RNA transfer and stem cell-derived EVs discuss normal, cancer, and stem cells. The claim’s unqualified “all cell types” is stronger than the paper’s “almost all” or “most, if not all.” Page numbers are not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)

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  • EVs represent a class of bilayer lipid membranous vesicles secreted by virtually all cell types, including healthy cells, diseased cells, stem cells, and transformed cells.

    “EVs represent a class of bilayer lipid membranous vesicles secreted by virtually all cell types, including not only healthy cells but also diseased cells, stem cells, and transformed cells [37, 38].”

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Authors
Robbins, P. D., & Morelli, A. E.
Affiliations
Scripps Research Institute (US)
Corresponding author
Robbins, Paul D.
Venue
Nature Reviews Immunology
Published
2014-02-25
Volume
14
Issue
3
Pages
195-208
ISSN
  • 1474-1733 (ISSN-L)
  • 1474-1741
OpenAlex
W2121725913
Cited by
2,260
References
150
Citations by year
2026: 140 · 2025: 159 · 2024: 213 · 2023: 200 · 2022: 237 · 2021: 263 · 2020: 208 · 2019: 203 · 2018: 212 · 2017: 155 · 2016: 145 · 2015: 89 · 2014: 34
FWCI
13.29
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Nature reviews. Immunology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute on Aging (P01AG043376, AG043376, R21AG033907, AG 024827, AG033907, P30AG024827)
  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (HL077545, HL 075512, R01HL077545, R01HL075512)
  • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (AR051456, R01AR055373, AR055373, R01AR051456)
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
extracellular vesicles, exosomes, immune regulation, intercellular communication, vesicle cargo, RNA transfer, inflammatory diseases, autoimmune disease, cancer therapy
MeSH terms
Animals, Bacterial Proteins, Biological Transport, Cell Communication, Cell Membrane, Humans, Immunosuppression Therapy, Neoplasms, RNA, Messenger, T-Lymphocytes, Cytotoxic, MicroRNAs, Mice, Exosomes, Multivesicular Bodies

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