Extracellular Vesicles and Exosomes: Composition and Function
A special issue of Membranes (ISSN 2077-0375). This special issue belongs to the section "Biological Membrane Composition and Structures".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2023) | Viewed by 315
Special Issue Editors
Interests: exosomes; extracellular vesicles; nanobiotechnology; drug delivery systems; pharmacokinetic modeling; Tuberous Sclerosis Complex (TSC); cancer; HIV; toxicology
Interests: liver pathogenesis; alcoholic and non-alcoholic liver disease; exosome biogenesis; EVs biomarker; innate immune signaling
Interests: TS complex; cystic kidney diseases; EV purification; renal cancer; cell signaling; biochemistry; EV biomarker; EV in TS complex
Interests: host-pathogen interaction; outer membrane vesicles; outer membrane proteins; infectious disease; gut microbiota; vaccine development; salmonella; cholera; pneumonia
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) consist of various membrane-bound vesicles, such as microvesicles, exosomes, ectosomes, microparticles and oncosomes. The field of xtracellular vesicles (EVs) (often also interchangeably referred to as exosomes and vice versa) is currently the most popular domain of research in various aspects of biology and medicine. Exosomes and EVs facilitate various biological functions, such as homeostasis, cancer, infectious diseases, metabolic disorders, genetic diseases, diabetes, etc. EVs and exosomes are the most common intercellular messenger with different types of cargo molecules (DNA, miRNA, proteins and lipids), which reflect the characteristics of the origin cell and facilitate intercellular communication.
This Special Issue aims to explore EVs, starting from EV membrane composition or structures to the advance level of their application in intercellular communication. In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Studies that describe EVs and exosomes as therapeutics or diagnostics.
- The role of the EV membrane in biomarker detection or diagnostics purposes.
- Studies related to the membrane surface and ligand interaction of EVs.
- Studies that focus on the heterogenicity of extracellular vesicles.
- Physical and biochemical properties of EVs.
- EVs or exosomes as liquid biopsies.
- The biogenesis of exosomes or EVs.
- EVs or exosomes and virology.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Prashant Kumar
Dr. Mrigya Babuta
Prof. Dr. John J. Bissler
Dr. Ruchika Dehinwal
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- extracellular vesicles
- bioengineering
- cancer therapeutics
- exosomes
- drug delivery
- intercellular communication
- nanomedicine
- biomarkers
- cancer
- plasma membrane
- biogenesis
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