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Review
. 2022 Oct 4:17:4699-4719.
doi: 10.2147/IJN.S377479. eCollection 2022.

Exosomes and Exosomal Cargos: A Promising World for Ventricular Remodeling Following Myocardial Infarction

Jiacheng Fang  1 , Yuxuan Zhang  1 , Delong Chen  1 , Yiyue Zheng  1 , Jun Jiang  1
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Exosomes and Exosomal Cargos: A Promising World for Ventricular Remodeling Following Myocardial Infarction

Jiacheng Fang et al. Int J Nanomedicine. .

Abstract

Exosomes are a pluripotent group of extracellular nanovesicles secreted by all cells that mediate intercellular communications. The effective information within exosomes is primarily reflected in exosomal cargos, including proteins, lipids, DNAs, and non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs), the most intensively studied molecules. Cardiac resident cells (cardiomyocytes, fibroblasts, and endothelial cells) and foreign cells (infiltrated immune cells, cardiac progenitor cells, cardiosphere-derived cells, and mesenchymal stem cells) are involved in the progress of ventricular remodeling (VR) following myocardial infarction (MI) via transferring exosomes into target cells. Here, we summarize the pathological mechanisms of VR following MI, including cardiac myocyte hypertrophy, cardiac fibrosis, inflammation, pyroptosis, apoptosis, autophagy, angiogenesis, and metabolic disorders, and the roles of exosomal cargos in these processes, with a focus on proteins and ncRNAs. Continued research in this field reveals a novel diagnostic and therapeutic strategy for VR.

Keywords: exosomes; extracellular vesicles; heart failure; microRNAs; myocardial infarction; ventricular remodeling.

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The authors declare no conflicts of interest in this work.

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The pathological mechanisms of ventricular remodeling in response to myocardial infarction.
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