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ReviewViruses2023

Extracellular Vesicles as a Translational Approach for the Treatment of COVID-19 Disease: An Updated Overview.

Enrica Serretiello, Andrea Ballini, Annafrancesca Smimmo, Marina Acunzo, Mariarosaria Raimo, Stefania Cantore, Marina Di Domenico

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In one paragraph

Review in Viruses, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 11% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. CD169Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2026
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  4. The "Magnificent Seven" in Oral and Systemic Health against COVID-19.Endocrine, metabolic & immune disorders drug targets · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Enrica SerretielloDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6556-0760
Andrea BalliniDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-8758-1415
Annafrancesca SmimmoDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0009-0002-3877-8398
Marina AcunzoDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.
Mariarosaria RaimoDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.
Stefania CantoreDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-9521-2521
Marina Di DomenicoDepartment of Precision Medicine, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", 80138 Naples, Italy.
University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Foggia · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) caused a global pandemic in the years 2020-2022. With a high prevalence, an easy route of transmission, and a long incubation time, SARS-CoV-2 spread quickly and affected public health and socioeconomic conditions. Several points need to be elucidated about its mechanisms of infection, in particular, its capability to evade the immune system and escape from neutralizing antibodies. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are phospholipid bilayer-delimited particles that are involved in cell-to-cell communication; they contain biological information such as miRNAs, proteins, nucleic acids, and viral components. Abundantly released from biological fluids, their dimensions are highly variable, which are used to divide them into exosomes (40 to 150 nm), microvesicles (40 to 10,000 nm), and apoptotic bodies (100-5000 nm). EVs are involved in many physiological and pathological processes. In this article, we report the latest evidence about EVs' roles in viral infections, focusing on the dual role of exosomes in promoting and inhibiting SARS-CoV-2 infection. The involvement of mesenchymal stromal/stem cells (MSCs) and MSC-derived EVs in COVID-19 treatment, such as the use of translational exosomes as a diagnostical/therapeutic approach, is also investigated. These elucidations could be useful to better direct the discovery of future diagnostical tools and new exosome-derived COVID-19 biomarkers, which can help achieve optimal therapeutic interventions and implement future vaccine strategies.

Indexed as

COVID-19ExosomesExtracellular VesiclesCOVID-19 Drug TreatmentHumansSARS-CoV-2COVID-19exosome-based vaccinesexosomesextracellular vesiclesmesenchymal stromal cellmesenchymal stromal cell-derived extracellular vesiclesprecision medicine

Identifiers

PMID37896755
PMCPMC10611252
OpenAlexW4386963637

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