Extracellular Vesicles for Diagnosis and Therapy of Human Diseases, 2nd Edition
A special issue of Biomedicines (ISSN 2227-9059). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular and Translational Medicine".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2026 | Viewed by 40
Special Issue Editor
Interests: extracellular vesicles; breast cancer; mass spectrometry; proteomics; phosphoproteomics; metabolomics; bioinformatics; biomarker
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Dear Colleagues,
Within the last decade, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been recognized as a novel mechanism of intra- and intercellular communication, delivering bioactive molecules primarily composed of proteins, metabolites, and nucleic acids, including messenger RNAs (mRNAs) and microRNAs (miRNAs). EVs are also found in biological fluids such as blood, saliva, cerebrospinal fluid, and urine. They can play a role in different pathogeneses and could contain biomarkers linked to specific human diseases. Moreover, the specific biological activity of EVs has presented potential benefits for the correction of cellular dysfunction. Consequently, EVs can be used as ideal vectors for biodelivery, specifically for drug delivery in clinical applications. However, in order to use EVs for the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases, it is important to develop appropriate methods for their isolation as well as to investigate the molecular composition, functionality, and distribution of EV cargo. The purpose of this Special Issue is to publish work related to all aspects of EVs for the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases.
Dr. Zoran Minic
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- human diseases
- extracellular vesicles
- biomarkers
- diagnosis
- prognosis
- therapeutic targets
- therapeutic applications
- EV engineering
- physiology
- pathology
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