Review Article

Diagnostic and Therapeutic Roles of Extracellular Vesicles in Aging-Related Diseases

Table 1

EVs and their cargoes as biomarkers of aging-related diseases.

DiseaseNanovesicleSource of EVsBiomarkersRefs.

ADNDEsHuman bloodGAP43, neurogranin, SNAP25 and synaptophysin 1↓[34]
ExosomesHuman serumGelsolin↓[40]
NDEVsHuman plasmaAβ42, p181-tau, and MMP-9↑[41]
EVsHuman plasmaThe size of EVs↑
The number of EVs↓
[42]
NEVsMouse plasmat-tau, p181-tau, and Aβ42↑[43]
NEVsHuman serump181-tau, p231-tau, and annual rate of change in insulin signaling biomarkers↑[39, 44]
NDEsHuman plasmaAβ1-42↑
SS-16 scores↓
[45]
HypertensionExosomesUrinePTC-EMPs↑[53]
EVsUrinep16+ EVs↑[54]
ExosomesUrinemiR-192-5p and miR-204-5p↓[55]
T2DMEVsHuman plasmaIGHG-1, miR-324-5p, miR-376c-3p, and miR-374b-5p↓
ITIH2 protein, serum ferritin, miR-141-3p, and miR-26b-5p↑
[56]
DNExosomesUrinemiR-4534↑[57]
DREVsHuman serummiR-431-5p↑[58]
EVsHuman plasmamiR-150-5p↓
miR-21-3p, and miR-30b-5p↑
[59, 60]
Small EVsHuman plasmaTNFAIP8↑[61]

Abbreviations: NEVs: neuronal extracellular vesicles; NDEVs: neuronally derived extracellular vesicles; NDEs: neuronal-derived exosomes; IGHG-1: immunoglobulin heavy constant gamma 1; ITIH2 protein: interalpha-trypsin inhibitor heavy chain H2 protein; TNFAIP8: tumor necrosis factor-α-induced protein 8.