Q&A: What are exosomes, exactly?

Stimulating the Release of Exosomes Increases the Intercellular Transfer of Prions

(2016) Belinda B. Guo et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Development of exosome-encapsulated paclitaxel to overcome MDR in cancer cells

(2016) Myung Soo Kim et al.   Nanomedicine-Nanotechnology Biology and Medicine

ESCRTs regulate amyloid precursor protein sorting in multivesicular bodies and intracellular amyloid-β accumulation

(2015) James R. Edgar et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Exosomes released by keratinocytes modulate melanocyte pigmentation

(2015) Alessandra Lo Cicero et al.   Nature Communications

Cancer Exosomes Perform Cell-Independent MicroRNA Biogenesis and Promote Tumorigenesis

(2014) Sonia A. Melo et al.   CANCER CELL

Hrs- and CD63-Dependent Competing Mechanisms Make Different Sized Endosomal Intraluminal Vesicles

(2013) James R. Edgar et al.   TRAFFIC

ALIX and the multivesicular endosome: ALIX in Wonderland

(2013) Christin Bissig et al.   TRENDS IN CELL BIOLOGY

Sumoylated hnRNPA2B1 controls the sorting of miRNAs into exosomes through binding to specific motifs

(2013) Carolina Villarroya-Beltri et al.   Nature Communications

Selective extracellular vesicle-mediated export of an overlapping set of microRNAs from multiple cell types

(2012) Jasenka Guduric-Fuchs et al.   BMC GENOMICS

The mechanics of miRNA-mediated gene silencing: a look under the hood of miRISC

(2012) Marc R Fabian et al.   NATURE STRUCTURAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Exosome-associated Tau Is Secreted in Tauopathy Models and Is Selectively Phosphorylated in Cerebrospinal Fluid in Early Alzheimer Disease

(2011) Sudad Saman et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

The ESCRT complexes

(2010) James H. Hurley   CRITICAL REVIEWS IN BIOCHEMISTRY AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

Cell-Produced  -Synuclein Is Secreted in a Calcium-Dependent Manner by Exosomes and Impacts Neuronal Survival

(2010) E. Emmanouilidou et al.   JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE

No strings attached: the ESCRT machinery in viral budding and cytokinesis

(2009) B. McDonald et al.   JOURNAL OF CELL SCIENCE

Multivesicular Endosome Biogenesis in the Absence of ESCRTs

(2009) Susanne Stuffers et al.   TRAFFIC

MHC II in Dendritic Cells is Targeted to Lysosomes or T Cell-Induced Exosomes Via Distinct Multivesicular Body Pathways

(2009) Sonja I. Buschow et al.   TRAFFIC

Ceramide Triggers Budding of Exosome Vesicles into Multivesicular Endosomes

(2008) K. Trajkovic et al.   SCIENCE