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Perceptions in Reproductive Medicine

Exosomes and Friends: A General Overview on Reproduction

  • Open or Close Faranak Mohammadpour Lashkari1, Anahita Mohseni Meybodi2 and Marjan Sabbaghian1*

    1Department of Andrology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center , Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR , Tehran , Iran.

    22Department of Genetics, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center , Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR , Tehran , Iran.

    *Corresponding author: Marjan Sabbaghian, Department of Andrology, Reproductive Biomedicine Research Center, Royan Institute for Reproductive Biomedicine, ACECR, Tehran, Iran

Submission: September 16, 2017;Published: October 24, 2017

DOI: 10.31031/PRM.2017.01.000502

ISSN: 2640-9666
Volume1 Issue1

Abstract

Nowadays, extracellular vesicles (EVs) as phospholipid bilayer enclosed vesicles are as popular as they have ever been. EVs are secreted by different cells and they target both tissues and/or cells in the body [1]. They play key roles in various aspects of biology, such as reproduction, as biomarkers of disease and as potent targets for therapeutic interposition [2]. Depending on their size, contents, biogenesis and function they have been classified as microvesicles, apoptotic bodies, ectosomes and exosomes [3].

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