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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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Kronbo, CH, Bremholm, M, Jensen, LR, Ceresoli, D & Menescardi, F 2019, 'Combined High Pressure and Low Temperature Study of Perovskite SrRuO3', Danscatt 2019, Aarhus, Denmark, 23/05/2019 - 24/05/2019.
Brinkø, A, Risinger, C, Lambert, A, Blixt, O, Grandjean, C & Jensen, HH 2019, 'Combining Click Reactions for the One-Pot Synthesis of Modular Biomolecule Mimetics', Organic Letters, vol. 21, no. 18, pp. 7544-7548. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.orglett.9b02811
Li, S, Yuan, F, Ata-UI-Karim, ST, Zheng, H, Cheng, T, Liu, X, Tian, Y, Zhu, Y, Cao, W & Cao, Q 2019, 'Combining color indices and textures of UAV-based digital imagery for rice LAI estimation', Remote Sensing, vol. 11, no. 15, 1763. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs11151763
Davies, B, Romanowska, I, Harris, K & Crabtree, SA 2019, 'Combining Geographic Information Systems and Agent-Based Models in Archaeology: Part 2 of 3', Advances in archaeological practice, vol. 7, no. 2, pp. 185-193. https://doi.org/10.1017/aap.2019.5
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Boudjadar, J, Ramanathan, S, Easwaran, A & Nyman, UM 2019, Combining Task-level and System-level Scheduling Modes for Mixed Criticality Systems. in Proceedings - 2019 IEEE/ACM 23rd International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, DS-RT 2019: Proceedings., 8958666, IEEE, The IEEE/ACM International Symposium on Distributed Simulation and Real Time Applications, Cosenza, Italy, 07/10/2019. https://doi.org/10.1109/DS-RT47707.2019.8958666
Noiray, N, Schulz, O, Weilenmann, M, Bourquard, C, Xiong, Y, Ebi, D & Doll, U 2019, 'Combustion Dynamics in Sequential combustors.', TCP on Clean and Efficient Combustion, Montreux, Switzerland, 01/01/2019.
Kitada, M, Baldauf, M, Mannov, A, Svendsen, PA, Baumler, R, Schröder-Hinrichs, J-U, Dalaklis, D, Fonseca, T, Shi, X & Lagdami, K 2019, Command of Vessels in the Era of Digitalization. in JI Kantola, S Nazir & T Barath (eds), Advances in Human Factors, Business Management and Society - Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, 2018: Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors, Business Management and Society, July 21-25, 2018, Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida, USA. Springer, Switzerland, pp. 339-350, International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics, Orlando, Florida, United States, 21/07/2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94709-9_32
Blomhøj, M 2019, Commentary on Part III: Connections to Theory and Practice. in SA Chamberlin & B Sriraman (eds), Affect in Mathematical Modeling. 1 edn, vol. 1, Springer, Switzerland, Advances in Mathematics Education, pp. 203-210. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04432-9
Whomsley, R, Brendler-Schwaab, S, Griffin, E, Jensen, J, Moermond, C, Scholz, B, Nilssen, LS, Stemplewski, H & Roennefahrt, I 2019, 'Commentary on the draft revised guideline on the environmental risk assessment of medicinal products for human use', Environmental Sciences Europe, vol. 31, no. 1, 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-019-0198-9
Hansen, NH 2019, 'Commentary: The Compassion Crisi in healthcare', Journal of medicine and clinical science, pp. 1-2.
Bulla, M, Reneerkens, J, Weiser, EL, Sokolov, A, Taylor, AR, Sittler, B, McCaffery, BJ, Ruthrauff, DR, Catlin, DH, Payer, DC, Ward, DH, Solovyeva, DV, Santos, ESA, Rakhimberdiev, E, Nol, E, Kwon, E, Brown, GS, Hevia, GD, Gates, HR, Johnson, JA, van Gils, JA, Hansen, J, Lamarre, J-F, Rausch, J, Conklin, JR, Liebezeit, J, Bêty, J, Lang, J, Alves, JA, Fernández-Elipe, J, Exo, K-M, Bollache, L, Bertellotti, M, Giroux, M-A, van de Pol, M, Johnson, M, Boldenow, ML, Valcu, M, Soloviev, M, Sokolova, N, Senner, NR, Lecomte, N, Meyer, N, Schmidt, NM, Gilg, O, Smith, PA, Machín, P, McGuire, RL, Cerboncini, RAS, Ottvall, R, van Bemmelen, RSA, Swift, RJ, Saalfeld, ST, Jamieson, SE, Brown, S, Piersma, T, Albrecht, T, D’Amico, V, Lanctot, RB & Kempenaers, B 2019, 'Comment on “Global pattern of nest predation is disrupted by climate change in shorebirds”', Science, vol. 364, no. 6445, 8529. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aaw8529
McGinnity, CJ, Årstad, E, Beck, K, Brooks, DJ, Coles, JP, Duncan, JS, Galovic, M, Hinz, R, Hirani, E, Howes, OD, Jones, PA, Koepp, MJ, Luo, F, Riaño Barros, DA, Singh, N, Trigg, W & Hammers, A 2019, 'Comment on " In Vivo [18F]GE-179 Brain Signal Does Not Show NMDA-Specific Modulation with Drug Challenges in Rodents and Nonhuman Primates"', ACS Chemical Neuroscience, vol. 10, no. 1, pp. 768-772. https://doi.org/10.1021/acschemneuro.8b00246
Damgård, I, Haagh, H, Nielsen, M & Orlandi, C 2019, Commodity-Based 2PC for Arithmetic Circuits. in M Albrecht (ed.), Cryptography and Coding - 17th IMA International Conference, IMACC 2019, Proceedings. Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11929, pp. 154-177, 17th IMA International Conference on Cryptography and Coding, IMACC 2019, Oxford, United Kingdom, 16/12/2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35199-1_8
EFSA Panel Plant Hlth EFSA PLH Pan 2019, 'Commodity risk assessment of black pine (Pinus thunbergii Parl.) bonsai from Japan', EFSA Journal, vol. 17, no. 5, e05667. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2019.5667
Sjölin, H, Lindström, V, Hult, H, Ringsted, C & Kurland, L 2019, 'Common core content in education for nurses in ambulance care in Sweden, Finland and Belgium', Nurse Education in Practice, vol. 38, pp. 34-39. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nepr.2019.05.017
Andersson, T, Ertürk Bergdahl, G, Saleh, K, Magnúsdóttir, H, Stødkilde, K, Andersen, CBF, Lundqvist, K, Jensen, A, Brüggemann, H & Lood, R 2019, 'Common skin bacteria protect their host from oxidative stress through secreted antioxidant RoxP', Scientific Reports, vol. 9, no. 1, 3596. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-40471-3
Damgård, I, Larsen, KG & Nielsen, JB 2019, Communication Lower Bounds for Statistically Secure MPC, With or Without Preprocessing. in A Boldyreva & D Micciancio (eds), Advances in Cryptology – CRYPTO 2019 - 39th Annual International Cryptology Conference, Proceedings. vol. II, Springer, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 11693, pp. 61-84, 39th Annual International Cryptology Conference, CRYPTO 2019, Santa Barbara, United States, 18/08/2019. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26951-7_3
Goudos, SK, Sarigiannidis, P, Dallas, PI & Kyriazakos, S 2019, Communication protocols for the IoT-based smart grid. in K Siozioz, D Anagnostos, D Soudris & E Kosmatopoulos (eds), IoT for Smart Grids: Design Challenges and Paradigms. Springer, Power Systems, pp. 55-83. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03640-9_4
Singh, DK & Prasad, R 2019, Communication Technology and Social Science Correlation. in 6th Global Wireless Summit, GWS 2018., 8686649, IEEE, pp. 181-186, 6th Global Wireless Summit, GWS 2018, Chiang Rai, Thailand, 25/11/2018. https://doi.org/10.1109/GWS.2018.8686649
Kjærgaard, N, Bodilsen, J, Justesen, US, Schønheyder, HC, Andersen, CØ, Ellermann-Eriksen, S, Dzajic, E, Chen, M, Møller, JK, Dessau, RB, Frimodt-Møller, N, Jarløv, JO, Nielsen, H & Danish Study Group of Infections of the Brain 2019, 'Community-acquired meningitis caused by beta-haemolytic streptococci in adults: a nationwide population-based cohort study', European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, vol. 38, no. 12, pp. 2305-2310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-019-03678-w
Bjerre, ED, Petersen, TH, Jørgensen, AB, Johansen, C, Krustrup, P, Langdahl, B, Poulsen, MH, Madsen, SS, Østergren, PB, Borre, M, Rørth, M, Brasso, K & Midtgaard, J 2019, 'Community-based football in men with prostate cancer: 1-year follow-up on a pragmatic, multicentre randomised controlled trial', PLOS Medicine, vol. 16, no. 10, e1002936. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002936