Extracellular vesicles: new players in regulating vascular barrier function.

ABSTRACT: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have attracted rising interests in the cardiovascular field not only because they serve as serological markers for circulatory disorders but also because they participate in important physiological responses to stress and inflammation. In the circulation, these membranous vesicles are mainly derived from blood or vascular cells, and they carry cargos with distinct molecular signatures reflecting the origin and activation state of parent cells that produce them, thus providing a powerful tool for diagnosis and prognosis of pathological conditions. Functionally, circulating EVs mediate tissue-tissue communication by transporting bioactive cargos to local and distant sites, where they directly interact with target cells to alter their function. Recent evidence poi

SUBMITTER: Chatterjee V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7792704 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature