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ReviewJournal of extracellular vesicles2025

From Mitochondria to Immunity: The Emerging Roles of Mitochondria-Derived Vesicles and Small Extracellular Vesicles in Cellular Communication and Disease.

Rostyslav Horbay, Vasyl Syrvatka, Artem Bedzay, Mikaela van der Merwe, Dylan Burger, Shawn T Beug

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In one paragraph

Review in Journal of extracellular vesicles, 2025. 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 12 papers.

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0cells of the map it votes in
12citing papers in PubMed
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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

12 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rostyslav HorbayApoptosis Research Centre, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5269-9103
Vasyl SyrvatkaGenetic and Biotechnology Department, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1326-6206
Artem BedzaySt. Luke's Hospital, 1st Territorial Medical Association of the City of Lviv, Lviv, Ukraine.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5916-3715
Mikaela van der MerweApoptosis Research Centre, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0006-8193-245X
Dylan BurgerKidney Research Center, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3951-2911
Shawn T BeugApoptosis Research Centre, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9991-3306

Funding

Canadian Institutes for Health Research #PJT-169126Cancer Research Society #935202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

According to the endosymbiotic theory of mitochondrial origin, an α-proteobacterium entered a prokaryotic cell and, through symbiosis, evolved into the mitochondria-the powerhouse of the cell. Like other bacteria, the α-proteobacteria generate their own extracellular vesicles (EVs), a trait that was passed onto the mitochondria, enabling them to generate mitochondria-derived vesicles (MDVs). MDVs, similar to small EVs (sEVs), are vesicles ranging from 30 to 200 nm in diameter and carry cargo for degradation by lysosomes and peroxisomes. MDVs share several features with sEVs, including targeted cargo degradation, biogenesis, packaging into multivesicular bodies, nucleic acid and protein transportation, induction of immune responses, and surface antigen presentation. MDVs may also be released from the cell in a manner similar to sEVs, potentially influencing intercellular communication and immune responses. Furthermore, the presence of MDVs presents opportunities for early disease detection, including neurodegenerative disorders and cancer. In this review, we explore the differences and similarities between MDVs and EVs, including their roles in immunity.

Indexed as

Cell CommunicationExtracellular VesiclesImmunityMitochondriaAnimalsHumansNeoplasmsendosomal sorting complex required for transportation (ESCRT)endosomelysosomemitochondria‐derived vesicles (MDVs)mitophagymultivesicular body (MVB)peroxisomesmall extracellular vesicles (sEVs)

Identifiers

PMID41216943
PMCPMC12603920

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