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METABOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL
Volume 122, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
W B SAUNDERS CO-ELSEVIER INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2021.154834
Keywords
Exosomes; Diabetic nephropathy; Intercellular communication; Biomarkers; Therapies
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- National Science and Technology Major Project of China [2020ZX09201-009]
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Exosomes are important for intercellular communication and play a role in regulating biological function through the transport of various cargos. Diabetic nephropathy is a serious complication with no current effective treatment, and exosomes may offer new biomarkers and therapeutic targets for this condition.
Exosomes, a major type of extracellular vesicles (EVs), are nanoscale vesicles excreted by almost all cell types via invagination of the endosomal membrane pathway. Exosomes play a crucial role in the mediation of intercellular communication both in health and disease, which can be ascribed to their capacity to be transported to neighboring or distant cells, thus regulating the biological function of recipient cells through cargos such as DNA, mRNA, proteins and microRNA. Diabetic nephropathy (DN) is a serious microvascular complication associated with diabetes mellitus as well as a significant cause of end-stage renal disease worldwide, which has resulted in a substantial economic burden on individuals and society. However, despite extensive efforts, therapeutic approaches that prevent the progression of DN do not exist, which implies new approaches are required. An increasing number of studies suggest that exosomes are involved in the pathophysiological processes associated with DN, which may potentially provide novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets for DN. Hence, this review summarizes recent advances involving exosome mechanisms in DN and their potential as biomarkers and therapeutic targets. (c) 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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