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ArticleJournal of extracellular vesicles2025

Intercellular Epigenomic Signalling via Extracellular Vesicles During B Cell Maturation.

Kevin Ho Wai Yim, Ala'a Al Hrout, Richard Chahwan

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Article in Journal of extracellular vesicles, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Extracellular vesicles in malignant and normal B lymphocyte growth and development.Extracellular vesicles and circulating nucleic acids · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Kevin Ho Wai YimInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.
Ala'a Al HroutInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9130-6774
Richard ChahwanInstitute of Experimental Immunology, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8672-7790

Funding

Novartis Foundation 22B140Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 20030E_215576Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 310030_212553Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung 40B1-0_221565Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung CRSK-3_190550Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung IZSEZ0_204655Schweizerischer Nationalfonds zur Förderung der Wissenschaftlichen Forschung ZSEZ0_218166Vontobel-Stiftung 41309
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

B cell maturation is crucial for effective adaptive immunity. It requires a complex signalling network to mediate antibody diversification through mutagenesis. B cells also rely on queues from other cells within the germinal centre. Recently, a novel class of intercellular signals mediated by extracellular vesicles (EVs) has emerged. Studies have shown that B cell EV-mediated signalling is involved in immune response regulation and tumorigenesis. However, the mechanistic role of B cell EVs is not yet established. We herein study the biological properties and physiological function of B cell EVs during B cell maturation. We use emerging technologies to profile B cell EV surface marker signatures at the single particle level, molecular cargo and physiological roles in B cell maturation. EV ncRNA cargo, characterised by RNA-seq, identified an EV-mediated novel non-coding RNA (ncRNA) regulatory network for B cell maturation. We show that a previously uncharacterised micro-RNA (miR-5099) in combination with a set of long ncRNA are carried within B cell EVs and could contribute to antibody diversification. The physiological role of EVs in B cell maturation is investigated using EV blockade assays and complementation studies using diverse EV sources further confirmed the physiological role and mode of action of EVs in B cell maturation.

Indexed as

B-LymphocytesEpigenomicsExtracellular VesiclesAnimalsCell DifferentiationHumansMiceMicroRNAsSignal TransductionMicroRNAsantibody maturationextracellular vesiclesintercellular epigenomic signallingnon‐coding RNAsingle particle analysis

Identifiers

PMID39868437
PMCPMC11770373

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