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ReviewBiomolecules2025

Obesity and Adipose-Derived Extracellular Vesicles: Implications for Metabolic Regulation and Disease.

Michele Malaguarnera, Omar Cauli, Andrea Cabrera-Pastor

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Review in Biomolecules, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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

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  5. Isolation of Extracellular Vesicles From Mouse Brown Adipose Tissue Secretome Using Size-Exclusion Chromatography.FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology · 2026
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  12. Extracellular RNAs as Messengers and Early Biomarkers in Neurodegeneration.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Michele MalaguarneraPsychobiology Department, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Omar CauliNursing Department, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-5669-4943
Andrea Cabrera-PastorPharmacology Department, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0729-1045

Funding

Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ISCIII) PI23/00204the European Union and Conselleria de Educación/Innovación, Universidades, Ciencia y Sociedad Digital, subvenciones para la realización de proyectos de I + D + I desarrollados por grupos de investigación emergentes CIGE/083
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Obesity, a global epidemic, is a major risk factor for chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, and metabolic syndrome. Adipose tissue, once viewed as a passive fat storage site, is now recognized as an active endocrine organ involved in metabolic regulation and inflammation. In obesity, adipose tissue dysfunction disrupts metabolic balance, leading to insulin resistance and increased production of adipose-derived extracellular vesicles (AdEVs). These vesicles play a key role in intercellular communication and contribute to metabolic dysregulation, affecting organs such as the heart, liver, and brain. AdEVs carry bioactive molecules, including microRNAs, which influence inflammation, insulin sensitivity, and tissue remodeling. In the cardiovascular system, AdEVs can promote atherosclerosis and vascular dysfunction, while those derived from brown adipose tissue offer cardioprotective effects. In type 2 diabetes, AdEVs exacerbate insulin resistance and contribute to complications such as diabetic cardiomyopathy and cognitive decline. Additionally, AdEVs are implicated in metabolic liver diseases, including fatty liver disease, by transferring inflammatory molecules and lipotoxic microRNAs to hepatocytes. These findings highlight the role of AdEVs in obesity-related metabolic disorders and their promise as therapeutic targets for related diseases.

Indexed as

Adipose TissueExtracellular VesiclesObesityAnimalsDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2HumansInsulin ResistanceMicroRNAsMicroRNAsadipose-derived extracellular vesiclescardiovascular systemextracellular vesiclesMAFLDmetabolic syndromeobesitytype 2 diabetes

Identifiers

PMID40001534
PMCPMC11853251

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