Electric vehicle (EV) drivetrains operate at high rotational speeds, which makes the noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) performance of gear transmissions a critical design factor. Without the masking effect of an internal combustion engine, gear w...
Electric vehicle (EV) transmissions operate at high speeds. High-speed operation puts higher demands on bearings, seals, and gears. Bearings in EV transmissions are prone to electrically induced bearing damage and may exhibit signs of pitting and flu...
Although extracellular vesicle (EV) surface electrostatic properties (measured as zeta potential, ζ-potential) have been reported by many investigators, the biophysical implications of charge and EV origin remains uncertain. Here, we compared th...
Anoplocephala perfoliata is a neglected gastro-intestinal tapeworm, commonly infecting horses worldwide. Molecular investigation of A. perfoliata is hampered by a lack of tools to better understand the host–parasite interface. This interface is likel...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane-enclosed nanoparticles that mediate intercellular communication in the immune system by transferring proteins, nucleic acids, and lipids. Their biocompatibility, nanoscale size, and capacity for cell-type-sel...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are lipid bilayer-enclosed bodies secreted by all cell types. EVs carry bioactive materials, such as proteins, lipids, metabolites, and nucleic acids, to communicate and elicit functional alterations and phenotypic change...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are increasingly recognized as programmable bioactive carriers in non-viral gene delivery and adaptable bioengineering platforms. Beyond their roles as natural nanocarriers in intercellular communication, EVs can promote...
Endothelialization by materials provides a promising approach for the rapid re-endothelialization of a cardiovascular implantation. Although previous studies have focused on improving endothelialization through the immobilization of bioactive molecul...
Recent advances in the clinical extracellular vesicles (EVs) field highlight their potential as biomarkers for diverse diseases and therapeutic applications. This study provides an in-depth characterization of 10k EVs from human microvascular endothe...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are membrane vesicles released by cells into the extracellular space. EVs mediate cell-to-cell communication through local and systemic transportation of biomolecules such as DNA, RNA, transcription factors, cytokines, ch...
Psoriasis vulgaris (PsV) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) are inflammatory diseases with unresolved pathophysiological aspects. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play an important role in intercellular communication. We compared the miRNA contents and surfac...
Charging stations and electric vehicle (EV) charging networks signify a significant advancement in technology as a frontier application of the Social Internet of Things (SIoT), presenting both challenges and opportunities for current 6G wireless netw...
The evolution of regenerative medicine has repositioned the extracellular matrix (ECM) from a passive structural scaffold to a dynamic signaling hub that dictates host immunity and tissue remodeling. A critical driver of this bioactivity is the matri...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are small biological particles released into biofluids by every cell. Based on their size, they are classified into small EVs (<100 nm or <200 nm) and medium or large EVs (>200 nm). In recent years, EVs have garn...
Postoperative surgical draining fluid (SDF) in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) was reported to contain circulating free DNA and extracellular vesicles (EVs). The potential role of SDF DNA as a cancer biomarker in OSCC patients is investigated. To...
Corneal nerves play a crucial role in maintaining ocular surface homeostasis by supporting the functional integrity of corneal epithelial, stromal, and endothelial cells; modulating tear secretion; and facilitating sensory responses essential for ove...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are nanoparticles released by cells that contain a multitude of biomolecules, which act synergistically to signal multiple cell types. EVs are ideal candidates for promoting tissue growth and regeneration. The tissue rege...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are cell-secreted nanovesicles that play an important role in long-range cell–cell communication. Although EVs pose a promising alternative to cell-based therapy, targeted in vivo delivery still falls short. Many st...
Polycrystalline anatase thin films, (001)- and (101)-oriented anatase TiO
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), comprising large microvesicles (MVs) and exosomes (EXs), play a key role in intercellular communication, both in physiological and in a wide variety of pathological conditions. However, the education of EV target cells h...
T cells and endothelial cells engage in bidirectional communication that regulates angiogenesis and T cell transmigration. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) mediate intercellular communication by the transfer of bioactive molecules including RNAs. EVs pro...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play a central role in intercellular communication, which is relevant for inflammatory and immune processes implicated in neurodegenerative disorders, such as Parkinson’s Disease (PD). We characterized and compared distin...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) comprise an as yet insufficiently investigated intercellular communication pathway in the field of revision total joint arthroplasty (RTJA). This study examined whether periprosthetic joint synovial fluid contains EVs, de...
Uranium nitride (UN) is considered a promising candidate material for advanced nuclear fuels in Generation IV reactors due to its high thermal conductivity and excellent fission product retention capability. However, the surface corrosion behavior of...
Background: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are attracting interest as a new class of drug delivery vehicles due to their intrinsic nature of biomolecular transport in the body. We previously demonstrated that EV surface modification with tissue-specifi...
Certain molecules found on the surface or within the cargo of extracellular vesicles (EVs) are linked to osteoarthritis (OA) severity and progression. We aimed to identify plasma pathogenic EV subpopulations that can predict knee radiographic OA (rOA...
Novel Extracellular Vesicles (EVs) based diagnostic techniques are promising non-invasive procedures for early stage disease detection which are gaining importance in the medical field. EVs are cell derived particles found in body liquids, especially...
Surface segregation in metal alloys critically determines their electrocatalytic performance, yet how chemisorbed oxygen alters segregation behavior under reaction conditions remains poorly understood. Using density functional theory, we quantify the...
Background/Objectives: Glioblastoma (GBM) is an aggressive brain cancer with limited treatment options. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) derived from GBM cells contain important biomarkers, such as microRNAs, proteins, and DNA mutations, which are involv...
Calcium silicates are the most predominant phases in ordinary Portland cement, inside which magnesium is one of the momentous impurities. In this work, using the first-principles density functional theory (DFT), the impurity formation energy (Efor) o...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are known as potential biomarkers for several diseases; nevertheless, the degree of technical and biological variability is not yet adequately characterized. Because pre-analytical factors such as blood collection time an...
The formation of surface morphology under ion irradiation has been widely studied in various metals and metal surfaces. Nanoscale roughening or smoothing of the surface leads to changes in the thermal, electronic, and even antibacterial properties of...
Under physiological conditions, phosphatidylserine (PS) predominantly localizes to the cytosolic leaflet of the plasma membrane of cells. During apoptosis, PS is exposed on the cell surface and serves as an “eat-me” signal for macrophages...
Enteroviruses (EVs) are major pathogens transmitted via direct and indirect contact, with children being particularly susceptible. As EVs persist on surfaces, environmental hygiene is critical in communal environments. We investigated EVs presence on...
Using structural relaxation calculations and first-principles molecular dynamics (FPMD), we performed numerical simulations to explore the interaction of a 2D MoS2 surface and a platinum atom, calculating the optical properties of the resulting mater...
Isolated pyramids, 30–80 nm wide and 3–20 nm tall, form during sputter-annealing cycles on the Ge (110) surface. Pyramids have four walls with {19 13 1} faceting and a steep mound at the apex. We used scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) under ultrahi...
Background: Human cell-secreted extracellular vesicles (EVs) are versatile nanomaterials suitable for disease-targeted drug delivery and therapy. Native EVs, however, usually do not interact specifically with target cells or harbor therapeutic drugs,...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) and viruses share common features: size, structure, biogenesis and uptake. In order to generate EVs expressing the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein on their surface (S-EVs), we collected EVs from SARS-CoV-2 spike expressing human...
The adsorption, dissociation and penetration processes of N2 on the surface of ZrMnFe(110) were investigated using the first-principles calculation method in this paper. The results indicate that the vacancy Hollow 1 composed of 4Zr1Fe on the surface...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are emerging as potent and intricate intercellular communication networks. From their first discovery almost forty years ago, several studies have bolstered our understanding of these nano-vesicular structures. EV subpopu...
Although it is widely accepted that cancer-derived extracellular vesicles (EVs) carry DNA cargo, the association of cell-free circulating DNA (cfDNA) and EVs in plasma of healthy humans remains elusive. Using a physiological exercise model, where EVs...
Antiphospholipid syndrome (APS) is a systemic autoimmune disease, characterized by thrombosis, obstetric complications and the presence of antiphospholipid antibodies (aPL), which drive endothelial injury and thrombophilia. Extracellular vesicles (EV...
Recent experimental findings suggest that strontium titanate SrTiO3 (STO) photocatalytic activity for water splitting could be improved by creating multifaceted nanoparticles. To understand the underlying mechanisms and energetics, the model for face...
For this study, we tested and optimized silicon surface functionalization procedures for capturing urinary extracellular vesicles (uEVs). The influence of the silane type (APTES or GOPS) and protein concentration on the efficiency of uEVs binding was...
Extracellular vesicles released by mesenchymal stromal cells (MSC-EVs) are a promising resource for regenerative medicine. Small MSC-EVs represent the active EV fraction. A bulk analysis was applied to characterise MSC-EVs’ identity and purity, with...
Density functional theory calculations have been performed to study the effect of replacing lead by alkaline earth metals on the stability, electronic and optical properties of the formamidinium lead triiodide (FAPbI3) (111) and (100) surfaces with d...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are valued candidates for the development of new tools for medical applications. Vesicles carrying melanoma-associated antigen A (MAGEA) proteins, a subfamily of cancer-testis antigens, are particularly promising tools in...
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) play major roles in intracellular communication and participate in several biological functions in both normal and pathological conditions. Surface modification of EVs via various ligands, such as proteins, peptides, or a...
Extracellular vesicle (EV)-mediated transfer of biomolecules plays an essential role in intercellular communication and may improve targeted drug delivery. In the past decade, various approaches to EV surface modification for targeting specific cells...
Small extracellular vesicles (sEV) hold enormous potential as biomarkers, drug carriers, and therapeutic agents. However, due to previous limitations in the phenotypic characterization of sEV at the single vesicle level, knowledge of cell type-specif...
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