Message in a bubble: shuttling small RNAs and proteins between cells and interacting organisms using extracellular vesicles

Q Cai, B He, S Wang, S Fletcher, D Niu… - Annual review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Communication between plant cells and interacting microorganisms requires the secretion
and uptake of functional molecules to and from the extracellular environment and is …

[HTML][HTML] Bacterial extracellular vesicles as bioactive nanocarriers for drug delivery: Advances and perspectives

H Liu, Q Zhang, S Wang, W Weng, Y Jing, J Su - Bioactive Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
Nanosized extracellular vesicles derived from bacteria contain diverse cargo and transfer
intercellular bioactive molecules to cells. Due to their favorable intercellular interactions, cell …

[PDF][PDF] Extracellular membrane vesicles in the three domains of life and beyond

S Gill, R Catchpole, P Forterre - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Cells from all three domains of life, Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya, produce extracellular
vesicles (EVs) which are sometimes associated with filamentous structures known as …

[HTML][HTML] Immune defence to invasive fungal infections: A comprehensive review

B Pathakumari, G Liang, W Liu - Biomedicine & Pharmacotherapy, 2020 - Elsevier
The fungal infections are relatively common in humans that can range from common, mild
superficial infections to life-threatening invasive infections. Most of the pathogenic fungi are …

[HTML][HTML] Through the wall: extracellular vesicles in Gram-positive bacteria, mycobacteria and fungi

L Brown, JM Wolf, R Prados-Rosales… - Nature Reviews …, 2015 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are produced by all domains of life. In Gram-negative bacteria,
EVs are produced by the pinching off of the outer membrane; however, how EVs escape the …

Exosomes and other extracellular vesicles in host–pathogen interactions

JS Schorey, Y Cheng, PP Singh, VL Smith - EMBO reports, 2015 - embopress.org
An effective immune response requires the engagement of host receptors by pathogen‐
derived molecules and the stimulation of an appropriate cellular response. Therefore, a …

Biological properties of extracellular vesicles and their physiological functions

M Yáñez-Mó, PRM Siljander, Z Andreu… - Journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
In the past decade, extracellular vesicles (EVs) have been recognized as potent vehicles of
intercellular communication, both in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. This is due to their capacity …

Synthesis and assembly of fungal melanin

HC Eisenman, A Casadevall - Applied microbiology and biotechnology, 2012 - Springer
Melanin is a unique pigment with myriad functions that is found in all biological kingdoms. It
is multifunctional, providing defense against environmental stresses such as ultraviolet (UV) …

Membrane vesicle release in bacteria, eukaryotes, and archaea: a conserved yet underappreciated aspect of microbial life

BL Deatherage, BT Cookson - Infection and immunity, 2012 - Am Soc Microbiol
Interaction of microbes with their environment depends on features of the dynamic microbial
surface throughout cell growth and division. Surface modifications, whether used to acquire …

[HTML][HTML] Exosomes and other extracellular vesicles: the new communicators in parasite infections

G Coakley, RM Maizels, AH Buck - Trends in parasitology, 2015 - cell.com
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) have emerged as a ubiquitous mechanism for transferring
information between cells and organisms across all three kingdoms of life. In addition to their …