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 …

The roles of extracellular vesicles in the immune system

EI Buzas - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2023 - nature.com
The twenty-first century has witnessed major developments in the field of extracellular
vesicle (EV) research, including significant steps towards defining standard criteria for the …

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 biofilm matrix: multitasking in a shared space

HC Flemming, ED van Hullebusch, TR Neu… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The biofilm matrix can be considered to be a shared space for the encased microbial cells,
comprising a wide variety of extracellular polymeric substances (EPS), such as …

Extracellular vesicle analysis

A Hendrix, L Lippens, C Pinheiro, C Théry… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
Cells release small, phospholipid membrane-enclosed particles, collectively referred to as
extracellular vesicles (EVs), into their surroundings to enable intercellular communication …

Staphylococcus aureus Toxins: An Update on Their Pathogenic Properties and Potential Treatments

N Ahmad-Mansour, P Loubet, C Pouget… - Toxins, 2021 - mdpi.com
Staphylococcus aureus is a clinically important pathogen that causes a wide range of
human infections, from minor skin infections to severe tissue infection and sepsis. S. aureus …

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 …

Microbiota‐derived extracellular vesicles in interkingdom communication in the gut

N Díaz‐Garrido, J Badia… - Journal of Extracellular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The intestine is fundamental in controlling human health. Intestinal epithelial and immune
cells are continuously exposed to millions of microbes that greatly impact on intestinal …

Types and origins of bacterial membrane vesicles

M Toyofuku, N Nomura, L Eberl - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Most bacteria release membrane vesicles (MVs) that contain specific cargo molecules and
have diverse functions, including the transport of virulence factors, DNA transfer, interception …

Extracellular vesicles in cancer—implications for future improvements in cancer care

R Xu, A Rai, M Chen, W Suwakulsiri… - Nature reviews Clinical …, 2018 - nature.com
The sustained growth, invasion, and metastasis of cancer cells depend upon bidirectional
cell–cell communication within complex tissue environments. Such communication …