Exploring the RNA landscape of endothelial exosomes.

ABSTRACT: Exosomes are small extracellular vesicles of around 100 nm of diameter produced by most cell types. These vesicles carry nucleic acids, proteins, lipids, and other biomolecules and function as carriers of biological information in processes of extracellular communication. The content of exosomes is regulated by the external and internal microenvironment of the parent cell, but the intrinsic mechanisms of loading of molecules into exosomes are still not completely elucidated. In this study, by the use of next-generation sequencing we have characterized in depth the RNA composition of healthy endothelial cells and exosomes and provided an accurate profile of the different coding and noncoding RNA species found per compartment. We have also discovered a set of unique genes preferentially incl

SUBMITTER: Perez-Boza J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5824360 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature