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ArticleJournal of extracellular biology2023

Guidelines for the purification and characterization of extracellular vesicles of parasites.

Carmen Fernandez-Becerra, Patrícia Xander, Daniel Alfandari, George Dong, Iris Aparici-Herraiz, Irit Rosenhek-Goldian, Mehrdad Shokouhy, Melisa Gualdron-Lopez, Nicholy Lozano, Nuria Cortes-Serra and 21 more

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Article in Journal of extracellular biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 28 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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28 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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31 authors.

Carmen Fernandez-BecerraISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5154-0013
Patrícia XanderDepartamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas Laboratório de Imunologia Celular e Bioquímica de Fungos e Protozoários Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas Instituto de Ciências Ambientais Químicas e Farmacêuticas Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) São Paulo Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6329-6449
Daniel AlfandariDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) Rehovot Israel.
George DongThe Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre McGill University Montréal Québec Canada.
Iris Aparici-HerraizISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6014-8221
Irit Rosenhek-GoldianDepartment of Chemical Research Support WIS Rehovot Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4878-5359
Mehrdad ShokouhyDepartment of Immunotherapy and Leishmania Vaccine Research Pasteur Institute of Iran Tehran Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0583-0698
Melisa Gualdron-LopezISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8202-6751
Nicholy LozanoDepartamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas Laboratório de Imunologia Celular e Bioquímica de Fungos e Protozoários Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas Instituto de Ciências Ambientais Químicas e Farmacêuticas Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) São Paulo Brazil.
Nuria Cortes-SerraISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5396-3757
Paula Abou KaramDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) Rehovot Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6612-4936
Paula MeneghettiDepartamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas Laboratório de Imunologia Celular e Bioquímica de Fungos e Protozoários Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas Instituto de Ciências Ambientais Químicas e Farmacêuticas Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) São Paulo Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9885-3818
Rafael Pedro MadeiraDepartamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas Laboratório de Imunologia Celular e Bioquímica de Fungos e Protozoários Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas Instituto de Ciências Ambientais Químicas e Farmacêuticas Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) São Paulo Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7319-2929
Ziv PoratFlow Cytometry Unit Life Sciences Core Facilities, WIS Rehovot Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3059-181X
Rodrigo Pedro SoaresInstituto René Rachou/FIOCRUZ - MG Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7966-3629
Adriana Oliveira CostaDepartamento de Análises Clínicas e Toxicológicas Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais Brasil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1793-3013
Sima RafatiDepartment of Immunotherapy and Leishmania Vaccine Research Pasteur Institute of Iran Tehran Iran.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7221-1320
Anabela-Cordeiro da SilvaHost-Parasite Interactions Group Institute of Research and Innovation in Health University of Porto Porto Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2392-6087
Nuno SantarémHost-Parasite Interactions Group Institute of Research and Innovation in Health University of Porto Porto Portugal.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4973-9933
Christopher Fernandez-PradaFaculty of Veterinary Medicine Université de Montréal Québec Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4834-4956
Marcel I RamirezEVAHPI - Extracellular Vesicles and Host-Parasite Interactions Research Group Laboratório de Biologia Molecular e Sistemática de Tripanossomatideos Instituto Carlos Chagas-Fiocruz Curitiba Paraná Brasil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6917-1954
Dolores BernalDepartament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Ciències Biològiques Universitat de València Burjassot Valencia Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4627-8393
Antonio MarcillaÀrea de Parasitologia, Departament de Farmàcia i Tecnologia Farmacèutica i Parasitologia Universitat de València Burjassot Valencia Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0004-0531
Vera Lucia Pereira-ChioccolaLaboratório de Biologia Molecular de Parasitas e Fungos, Centro de Parasitologia e Micologia Instituto Adolfo Lutz (IAL) São Paulo Brasil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3317-195X
Lysangela Ronalte AlvesLaboratório de Regulação da Expressão Gênica Instituto Carlos Chagas Fiocruz Paraná Curitiba Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1972-2658
Hernando Del PortilloISGlobal, Barcelona Institute for Global Health Hospital Clínic-Universitat de Barcelona Barcelona Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5278-3452
Neta Regev-RudzkiDepartment of Biomolecular Sciences Weizmann Institute of Science (WIS) Rehovot Israel.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7252-0193
Igor Correia de AlmeidaDepartment of Biological Sciences Border Biomedical Research Center The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso Texas USA.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2443-8213
Sergio SchenkmanDepartamento de Microbiologia Imunologia e Parasitologia, UNIFESP São Paulo Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9353-8480
Martin OlivierThe Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre McGill University Montréal Québec Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3901-6638
Ana Claudia TorrecilhasDepartamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas Laboratório de Imunologia Celular e Bioquímica de Fungos e Protozoários Departamento de Ciências Farmacêuticas Instituto de Ciências Ambientais Químicas e Farmacêuticas Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP) São Paulo Brazil.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5724-2199

Funding

UTEP Border Biomedical Research CenterU54MD007592 · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · 2025 to 2025
$3.5M
New chemotherapy regimens and biomarkers for Chagas diseaseU01AI129783 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS EL PASO · PI IGOR C ALMEIDA, Joaquim Gascon · 2023 to 2023
$950k
NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI129783NIMHD NIH HHS G12 MD007592NIMHD NIH HHS U54 MD007592
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Parasites are responsible for the most neglected tropical diseases, affecting over a billion people worldwide (WHO, 2015) and accounting for billions of cases a year and responsible for several millions of deaths. Research on extracellular vesicles (EVs) has increased in recent years and demonstrated that EVs shed by pathogenic parasites interact with host cells playing an important role in the parasite's survival, such as facilitation of infection, immunomodulation, parasite adaptation to the host environment and the transfer of drug resistance factors. Thus, EVs released by parasites mediate parasite-parasite and parasite-host intercellular communication. In addition, they are being explored as biomarkers of asymptomatic infections and disease prognosis after drug treatment. However, most current protocols used for the isolation, size determination, quantification and characterization of molecular cargo of EVs lack greater rigor, standardization, and adequate quality controls to certify the enrichment or purity of the ensuing bioproducts. We are now initiating major guidelines based on the evolution of collective knowledge in recent years. The main points covered in this position paper are methods for the isolation and molecular characterization of EVs obtained from parasite-infected cell cultures, experimental animals, and patients. The guideline also includes a discussion of suggested protocols and functional assays in host cells.

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EVs methodologyextracellular vesicleshelminthhost‐parasite interactioninfectionprotocolsprotozoan parasites

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PMCPMC11080789

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