Novel clinical applications of extracellular vesicles

• Main Author: Matias Saenz-Cuesta (auth)
• Other Authors: David Otaegui (auth), Maria Mittelbrunn (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2015
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Medicine; clinical application; extracellular vesicles; biomarkers; Immunotherapy; microparticles; omics-technologies; protocol standardization; Exosomes; microvescicles; Cancer
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

During the last years, the research on extracellular vesicles (EVs) has raised giving new insights into pathophysiology of several diseases. EVs are membrane-bound particles secreted by almost all cell types. Depending on their biogenesis and size they include exosomes, microparticles / microvesicle...