Composition and functions of bacterial membrane vesicles

M Toyofuku, S Schild, M Kaparakis-Liaskos… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles are produced by species across all domains of life, suggesting that
vesiculation represents a fundamental principle of living matter. In Gram-negative bacteria …

Bacterial outer membrane vesicles: from discovery to applications

MG Sartorio, EJ Pardue, MF Feldman… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Secretion of cellular components across the plasma membrane is an essential process that
enables organisms to interact with their environments. Production of extracellular vesicles in …

Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles (MISEV2023): From basic to advanced approaches

JA Welsh, DCI Goberdhan, L O'Driscoll… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), through their complex cargo, can reflect the state of their cell of
origin and change the functions and phenotypes of other cells. These features indicate …

The tremendous biomedical potential of bacterial extracellular vesicles

J Xie, Q Li, F Haesebrouck, L Van Hoecke… - Trends in …, 2022 - cell.com
Bacterial extracellular vesicles (bEVs) are nano-sized, lipid membrane-delimited particles
filled with bacteria-derived components. They have important roles in the physiology and …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial membrane vesicles as mediators of microbe–microbe and microbe–host community interactions

JC Caruana, SA Walper - Frontiers in microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Bacterial membrane vesicles are proteoliposomal nanoparticles produced by both Gram-
negative and Gram-positive bacteria. As they originate from the outer surface of the bacteria …

Staphylococcus aureus membrane vesicles contain immunostimulatory DNA, RNA and peptidoglycan that activate innate immune receptors and induce autophagy

NJ Bitto, L Cheng, EL Johnston… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Gram‐positive bacteria ubiquitously produce membrane vesicles (MVs), and although they
contribute to biological functions, our knowledge regarding their composition and …

Bacterial outer membrane vesicles as potential biological nanomaterials for antibacterial therapy

W Huang, L Meng, Y Chen, Z Dong, Q Peng - Acta biomaterialia, 2022 - Elsevier
Antibiotic therapy is one of the most important approaches against bacterial infections.
However, the improper use of antibiotics and the emergence of drug resistance have …

[HTML][HTML] Cracking open bacterial membrane vesicles

T Nagakubo, N Nomura, M Toyofuku - Frontiers in Microbiology, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Membrane vesicles (MVs) are nanoparticles composed of lipid membranes that are
produced by both Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria. MVs have been assigned …

The Uptake, Trafficking, and Biodistribution of Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron Generated Outer Membrane Vesicles

EJ Jones, C Booth, S Fonseca, A Parker… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Gram-negative bacteria ubiquitously produce and release nano-size, non-replicative outer
membrane vesicles (OMVs). In the gastrointestinal (GI-) tract, OMVs generated by members …

Gut bacterial extracellular vesicles: important players in regulating intestinal microenvironment

X Liang, N Dai, K Sheng, H Lu, J Wang, L Chen… - Gut …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Intestinal microenvironment dysbiosis is one of the major causes of diseases, such as
obesity, diabetes, inflammatory bowel disease, and colon cancer. Microbiota-based …