Clinical Applications of Extracellular Vesicles in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as key mediators of cell-cell communication during homeostasis and in pathology. Central nervous system (CNS)-derived EVs contain cell type-specific surface markers and intralumenal protein, RNA, DNA, and metabolite cargo that can be used to assess the biochemical and molecular state of neurons and glia during neurological injury and disease. The development of EV isolation strategies coupled with analysis of multi-plexed biomarker and clinical data have the potential to improve our ability to classify and treat traumatic brain injury (TBI) and resulting sequelae. Additionally, their ability to cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB) has implications for both EV-based diagnostic strategies and for potential EV-based therapeutics. In the present review, we discuss encouraging data for EV-based diagnostic, prognostic, and therapeutic strategies in the context of TBI monitoring and management.
Source: Journal of Neurotrauma
Institution: University of Pennsylvania
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
Awards: CAREER: Time-domain encoded optofluidics for highly multiplexed pathogen detection, A nanomagnetic platform technology to characterize traumatic brain injury using brain derived extracellular vesicles, G3239634114, A micro Hall chip for circulating microvesicle based cancer monitoring, G5850682332, G6576183465, G6671297155, Predoctoral Training Grant in Pharmacology
OpenAlex ID: W3017334426