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Small Extracellular Vesicles And Oxidative Pathophysiological Mechanisms In Retinal Degenerative Diseases

Version 1 : Received: 4 January 2024 / Approved: 5 January 2024 / Online: 8 January 2024 (04:22:14 CET)

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Romero, F.J.; Diaz-Llopis, M.; Romero-Gomez, M.I.; Miranda, M.; Romero-Wenz, R.; Sancho-Pelluz, J.; Romero, B.; Muriach, M.; Barcia, J.M. Small Extracellular Vesicles and Oxidative Pathophysiological Mechanisms in Retinal Degenerative Diseases. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 1618. Romero, F.J.; Diaz-Llopis, M.; Romero-Gomez, M.I.; Miranda, M.; Romero-Wenz, R.; Sancho-Pelluz, J.; Romero, B.; Muriach, M.; Barcia, J.M. Small Extracellular Vesicles and Oxidative Pathophysiological Mechanisms in Retinal Degenerative Diseases. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2024, 25, 1618.

Abstract

This review focuses on the role of small extracellular vesicles in the pathophysiological mechanisms of retinal degenerative diseases. Many of these mechanisms are related or modulated by the oxidative burden of the retinal cells. It has been recently demonstrated that cellular communication in the retina involves extracellular vesicles and that their rate of release and cargo features might be affected by the cellular environment and in some instances also mediated by autophagy. The fate of these vesicles is diverse, and could end up in the circulation and be used as markers, or target neighbour cells modulating gene and protein expression and eventually also angiogenesis. Neovascularization in the retina promotes vision loss in diseases such as diabetic retinopathy and age-related macular degeneration. The importance of micro RNAs, either as small extracellular vesicles’ cargo or free circulating, on the regulation of retinal angiogenesis is also discussed.

Keywords

retina; exosomes; oxidative stress; autophagy; microrna

Subject

Medicine and Pharmacology, Ophthalmology

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