New Challenges and Opportunities: Extracellular Vesicles in Biological and Biochemical Processes
A special issue of International Journal of Molecular Sciences (ISSN 1422-0067). This special issue belongs to the section "Biochemistry".
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: extracellular vesicles; tumor microenvironment; angiogenesis; platelet derivatives; regenerative medicine
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Interests: cell differentiation; tissue homeostasis; organ remodeling; organ-on-chip; cell stress; chaperones; heat shock proteins; chaperonopathies; exosomes; glioblastoma
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Dear Colleagues,
Cell-to-cell communication is mediated by the release of a plethora of soluble molecules of varying nature and functions. However, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been recognized as essential mediators of this intercellular crosstalk for many years now, being involved in all key biological processes in humans, such as cell differentiation, tissue homeostasis, and organ remodeling.
EVs are membrane-enclosed structures, containing a complex cargo composed of proteins, lipids, and nucleic acids, which can be fully functional once transferred to target cells, and when released by normal and tumor cells, they act as critical modulators in both physiological and pathological conditions.
This Special Issue, “New Challenges and Opportunities: Extracellular Vesicles in Biological and Biochemical Processes”, will comprise a selection of research papers and reviews, focusing on the novel biochemical and molecular aspects of biological processes mediated by EVs. Contributions are welcome on EVs molecular characterization and cell signaling pathways involved in EVs-mediated physiological and pathological processes, as well as their impact on possible clinical implications.
Dr. Ilaria Giusti
Dr. Celeste Caruso Bavisotto
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- extracellular vesicles
- exosomes
- intercellular crosstalk
- liquid biopsy
- carcinogenesis
- cell differentiation
- tissue homeostasis
- organ remodeling
- biomedicine
- advanced diagnostics
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