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Public Library of Science, PLoS Biology, 12(10), p. e1001450, 2012

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1001450

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Vesiclepedia: A Compendium for Extracellular Vesicles with Continuous Community Annotation

Journal article published in 2012 by Bas Wm M. van Balkom, C. C. M. van Nieuwland (Carolien), Bas Wm van Balkom, Bas W. M. van Balkom, B.-A.-S. van Balkom, M. Zoeller (Margot), R. J. Simpson (Richard), Hina Kalra, Bond Vc, Deborah Taylor, Richard J. Simpson, A. Stensballe (Allan), Jesús Vázquez, Gho Ys, Hong Ji and other authors.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.
This paper is made freely available by the publisher.

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Abstract

abstractExtracellular vesicles (EVs) are membraneous vesicles released by a variety of cells into their microenvironment. Recent studies have elucidated the role of EVs in intercellular communication, pathogenesis, drug, vaccine and gene-vector delivery, and as possible reservoirs of biomarkers. These findings have generated immense interest, along with an exponential increase in molecular data pertaining to EVs. Here, we describe Vesiclepedia, a manually curated compendium of molecular data (lipid, RNA, and protein) identified in different classes of EVs from more than 300 independent studies published over the past several years. Even though databases are indispensable resources for the scientific community, recent studies have shown that more than 50% of the databases are not regularly updated. In addition, more than 20% of the database links are inactive. To prevent such database and link decay, we have initiated a continuous community annotation project with the active involvement of EV researchers. The EV research community can set a gold standard in data sharing with Vesiclepedia, which could evolve as a primary resource for the field.text