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Title |
Q&A: What are exosomes, exactly?
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Published in |
BMC Biology, June 2016
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DOI | 10.1186/s12915-016-0268-z |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
James R. Edgar |
Abstract |
Exosomes are extracellular vesicles first described as such 30 years ago and since implicated in cell-cell communication and the transmission of disease states, and explored as a means of drug discovery. Yet fundamental questions about their biology remain unanswered. Here I explore what exosomes are, highlight the difficulties in studying them and explain the current definition and some of the outstanding issues in exosome biology. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 78 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 9 | 12% |
United Kingdom | 8 | 10% |
Australia | 4 | 5% |
Japan | 2 | 3% |
Saudi Arabia | 2 | 3% |
Mexico | 2 | 3% |
Netherlands | 2 | 3% |
Kenya | 1 | 1% |
Egypt | 1 | 1% |
Other | 6 | 8% |
Unknown | 41 | 53% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 67 | 86% |
Scientists | 6 | 8% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 4% |
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 2 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 735 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Japan | 2 | <1% |
Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
France | 1 | <1% |
Brazil | 1 | <1% |
South Africa | 1 | <1% |
Chile | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Finland | 1 | <1% |
Denmark | 1 | <1% |
Other | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 724 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Ph. D. Student | 129 | 18% |
Researcher | 117 | 16% |
Student > Master | 109 | 15% |
Student > Bachelor | 103 | 14% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 43 | 6% |
Other | 89 | 12% |
Unknown | 145 | 20% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 200 | 27% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 101 | 14% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 77 | 10% |
Engineering | 40 | 5% |
Immunology and Microbiology | 37 | 5% |
Other | 115 | 16% |
Unknown | 165 | 22% |