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Exosomes

Exosomes are small membrane vesicles of endocytic origin secreted by most cell types in vitro. Cells continuously secrete a large number of microvesicles, exosomes and small molecules into the extracellular space. Exosomes have been shown to contain mRNA and miRNA and they are able to mediate communication between cells, by transport of RNA and proteins which can be functionalized in the recipient cell. The ability to transport bioactive cargoes, gives exosomes innate therapeutic potential as a natural drug carrier. Efficient techniques for loading drugs into exosomes to utilize the natural carrier capabilities of these vesicles remains to be elucidated.

Applications of Exosomes

The presence exosomes in blood, saliva, and urine paves the way for the possible application of exosomes as a diagnostic marker for diseases. Many diseases are difficult to detect by the methods and equipment available today and there is a growing demand for development of new non‐invasive methods to detect diseases in early stages. The use of exosomes as markers of disease is being investigated to cement their potential as a non-invasive diagnostic tool for early detection of many diseases, in particular cancers. This, however, relies on thorough characterisation of exosomes in both healthy and diseased states

An important factor to understanding the roles of exosomes is knowledge of their biodistribution. Currently, the number of publications describing the biodistribution of exosomes is limited. The main reason being the lack of a robust fluorescent label that can be visualised in vivo. Mapping the specific cell type derived exosomes can increase our knowledge on the roles of exosomes in the organism, as well as help to identify natural targeting systems.

Isolation, Characterisation and Fluorescent Labelling

The most common isolation protocol uses a differential centrifugation to fractionate cells, microvesicles, and exosomes, which are pelleted by ultracentrifugation. After vesicles are secreted from cells into the extracellular environment, it difficult to separate the different subpopulations of vesicles to obtain a pure sample. We have developed methods to optimise isolation and thorough characterisation procedures to obtain pure and well-characterised exosomes. Furthermore, we have developed a simple method for labelling of exosomes with a robust fluorescent label that can be visualised in vivo, allowing investigation of the biodistribution of different cell derived exosomes.

Collaborators:

Department of Clinical Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Dan Peer, Department of Cell Research & Immunology, Tel Aviv University, Israel

Moein Moghimi, school of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, UK

Recent Publications

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Eulaers, I, Ambus, P, Sonne, C, Bossi, R, Dietz, R, Helander, B, Herzke, D, Jaspers, VLB, Johansson, V, Johnsen, TV, Krogh, AKH, Krone, O, Lepoint, G, Løseth, ME, Nygaard, T, Sun, J, Søndergaard, J & Bustnes, JO 2019, Large-scale monitoring of the exposure to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances and mercury in the white-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla): Clinical-chemical effects and the role of diet. in One environment. One health. Sustainable societies. SETAC, 29th annual European meeting of the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Helsinki, Finland, 27/05/2019. <https://helsinki.setac.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SETAC-Helsinki-Abstract-Book-2019.pdf>
Sølvsten Burgdorf, K, Trabjerg, B, Giørtz Pedersen, M, Nissen, J, Banasik, K, Birger Pedersen, O, Sørensen, E, René Nielsen, K, Hørup Larsen, M, Erikstrup, C, Bruun-Rasmussen, P, Westergaard, D, Wegner Thørner, L, Hjalgrim, H, Martina Paarup, H, Brunak, S, Pedersen, CB, Fuller Torrey, E, Werge, T, Bo Mortensen, P, Yolken, R & Ullum, H 2019, 'Large-scale study of Toxoplasma and Cytomegalovirus shows an association between infection and serious psychiatric disorders', Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, vol. 79, pp. 152-158. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbi.2019.01.026
Thomsen, BMS 2019, Lars von Trier (b. 1956). Nordics.info, Aarhus.
Hillel, AT, Tang, SS, Carlos, C, Skarlupka V, JH, Gowda, M, Yin, LX, Motz, K, Currie, CR, Suen, G & Thibeault, SL 2019, 'Laryngotracheal microbiota in adult laryngotracheal stenosis', mSphere, vol. 4, no. 3, e00211-19. https://doi.org/10.1128/mSphereDirect.00211-19
Klug, TE, Hentze, M, Schytte, S, Farnebo, L, Rikardsen, O, Sihvo, E, Räsänen, J & Mäkitie, A 2019, 'Laryngo-tracheal resections in the Nordic countries: an option for further centralization?', European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, vol. 276, no. 5, pp. 1545-1548. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00405-019-05384-x
Nielsen, KH 2019, 'Laser', Weekendavisen, vol. Sektion 4 (Ideer), pp. 10.
Mine, H, Kobayashi, A, Nakamura, T, Inoue, T, Pakdel, S, Marian, D, Gonzalez-Marin, E, Maruyama, S, Katsumoto, S, Fortunelli, A, Palacios, JJ & Haruyama, J 2019, 'Laser-Beam-Patterned Topological Insulating States on Thin Semiconducting MoS2', Physical Review Letters, vol. 123, no. 14, 146803. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.123.146803
Murdoch, N, Chide, B, Lasue, J, Cadu, A, Sournac, A, Bassas-Portús, M, Jacob, X, Merrison, J, Iversen, JJ, Moretto, C, Velasco, C, Parès, L, Hynes, A, Godiver, V, Lorenz, RD, Cais, P, Bernadi, P, Maurice, S, Wiens, RC & Mimoun, D 2019, 'Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy acoustic testing of the Mars 2020 microphone', Planetary and Space Science, vol. 165, no. January, pp. 260-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2018.09.009
Dues, M, Doll, U, Bacci, T, Picchi, A, Stockhausen, G & Willert, C 2019, Laseroptische Untersuchung des Strömungsfeldes hinter dem Turbinengitter eines Simulationsprüfstandes mittels Filtered Rayleigh Scattering. in Fachtagung “Experimentelle Strömungsmechanik”. Fachtagung “Experimentelle Strömungsmechanik”, Rostock, Germany, 04/09/2018.
Farkhani, H, Prejbeanu, IL & Moradi, F 2019, 'LAS-NCS: A Laser-Assisted Spintronic Neuromorphic Computing System', IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, vol. 66, no. 5, 8675974, pp. 838-842. https://doi.org/10.1109/TCSII.2019.2908077
Holmqvist, AS, Chen, Y, Wu, J, Battles, K, Francisco, L, Hageman, L, Kung, M, Ness, E, Parman, M, Winther, JF, Rosenthal, J, Arora, M, Armenian, SH & Bhatia, S 2019, 'Late Mortality after Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplantation in Childhood for Bone Marrow Failure Syndromes and Severe Aplastic Anemia', Biology of Blood and Marrow Transplantation, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 749-755. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbmt.2018.12.063
Petersen, E, Chakaya, J, Jawad, FM, Ippolito, G & Zumla, A 2019, 'Latent tuberculosis infection: diagnostic tests and when to treat', The Lancet Infectious Diseases, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 231-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1473-3099(19)30059-3
Weckwerth, P, Wysota, W, Piotrowski, JA, Adamczyk, A, Krawiec, A & Dabrowski, M 2019, 'Late Weichselian glacial megafloods at the southern sector of the Scandinavian Ice Sheet: geomorphological record and palaeogeographical implications', INQUA, Dublin, Ireland, 25/07/2019 - 31/07/2019.
Weckwerth, P, Wysota, W, Piotrowski, JA, Adamczyk, A, Krawiec, A & Dąbrowski, M 2019, 'Late Weichselian glacier outburst floods in North-Eastern Poland: Landform evidence and palaeohydraulic significance', Earth-Science Reviews, vol. 194, pp. 216-233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2019.05.006
Bazot, M, Benomar, O, Christensen-Dalsgaard, J, Gizon, L, Hanasoge, S, Nielsen, M, Petit, P & Sreenivasan, KR 2019, 'Latitudinal differential rotation in the solar analogues 16 Cygni A and B', Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 623, A125 . https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834594
Nitulescu, A 2019, Lattice-Based Zero-Knowledge SNARGs for Arithmetic Circuits. in P Schwabe & N Thériault (eds), Progress in Cryptology – LATINCRYPT 2019 - 6th International Conference on Cryptology and Information Security in Latin America, Proceedings. Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11774, pp. 217-236, 6th International Conference on Cryptology and Information Security in Latin America, LATINCRYPT 2019, Santiago de Chile, Chile, 02/10/2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30530-7_11
Jensen, NR 2019, 'L'audace d'une justice sociale', les rives de l'iriv, vol. 2019, no. 36, pp. 21-22. <http://www.iriv.net>
Croix, S 2019, 'La ville portuaire de Ribe. L’archéologie en « haute résolution »', Dossier d'Archéologie, vol. 391, pp. 46-49.
Hasselbalch, O 2019, Law-473-Denmark. in International Encyclopaedia of Laws. Kluwer Law International.
Mantri, DS & Prasad, R 2019, Layered Network Security for Efficient Data Aggregation in CONASENSE. in R Prasad & LP Ligthart (eds), Security within CONASENSE Paragon. River Publishers, Gistrup, River Publishers Series in Communications, pp. 11-34.
Abdallah, MF, Gonzales, B, Haesaert, G, Audenaert, K & De Saeger, S 2019, 'LC-MS based metabolomics study to unravel the biocontrol effect of fungal endophytes against the plant pathogen Fusarium graminearum', Scottish Metabolomics Network symposium 2019 (SMN-2019), Glasgow, United Kingdom, 13/11/2019 - 15/11/2019.
Kanstrup, N, Chriél, M, Dietz, R, Søndergaard, J, Balsby, TJS & Sonne, C 2019, 'Lead and Other Trace Elements in Danish Birds of Prey', Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology, vol. 77, no. 3, pp. 359-367. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00244-019-00646-5
Møller, A-KL 2019, 'Leaders' impact on employee absenteeism: a systematic literature review', European Association of Work and Organizational Psychology, Torino, Italy, 29/05/2019 - 01/06/2019.
Møller, A-KL 2019, 'Leader’s impact on employee sickness absence', EAWOP Small Group Meeting Leadership and Health/Well-being, Exeter, United Kingdom, 20/06/2019 - 21/06/2019.
Kanstrup, N, Thomas, VG & Fox, AD (eds) 2019, Lead in hunting ammunition: Persistent problems and solutions. Ambio, no. 9, vol. 48, Springer.
Konnerup, D 2019, 'Leaf gas films improve submergence tolerance of plants in fresh and saline water', 6th Congress on Salinity Challenges, Buenos, Argentina, 22/07/2019 - 25/07/2019 pp. 76-81.