[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 …

[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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

A holistic review on Cryptococcus neoformans

SS Rathore, J Sathiyamoorthy, C Lalitha… - Microbial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Cryptococcus neoformans is an encapsulated fungal pathogen that causes infection in
immunocompromised individuals such as HIV patients, organ transplant patients …

The pathobiology of human fungal infections

GD Brown, ER Ballou, S Bates, EM Bignell… - Nature Reviews …, 2024 - nature.com
Human fungal infections are a historically neglected area of disease research, yet they
cause more than 1.5 million deaths every year. Our understanding of the pathophysiology of …

Pulmonary cryptococcosis: a review of pathobiology and clinical aspects

F Setianingrum, R Rautemaa-Richardson… - Medical …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Pulmonary cryptococcosis is an important opportunistic invasive mycosis in
immunocompromised patients, but it is also increasingly seen in immunocompetent patients …