Viral effects on the content and function of extracellular vesicles

Nature Reviews Microbiology 15, 559 (2017). doi:10.1038/nrmicro.2017.60 Authors: Nancy Raab-Traub & Dirk P. Dittmer The release of membrane-bound vesicles from cells is being increasingly recognized as a mechanism of intercellular communication. Extracellular vesicles (EVs) or exosomes are produced by virus-infected cells and are thought to be involved in intercellular communication between infected and uninfected cells. Viruses, in particular oncogenic
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