PMID- 30627176 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE LR - 20201001 IS - 1735-0344 (Print) IS - 2345-3729 (Electronic) IS - 1735-0344 (Linking) VI - 17 IP - 2 DP - 2018 Feb TI - Immunologic Role of Extracellular Vesicles and Exosomes in the Pathogenesis of Cystic Fibrosis. PG - 66-72 AB - Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common lethal autosomal recessive disease that affects many organs including, lung, pancreas and liver. Cystic fibrosis is a monogenic disease and occurs in the white Caucasians. Massive neutrophil granulocyte influx in the airways is one of the characteristics of CF. Extracellular Vesicles (EVs), microvesicles, and exosomes are vesicles released from cells into extracellular space of the body and are able to influence other cells by different methods. They have an important role in the intracellular communication by transferring information between donor and recipients cells. Granulocytes are known as the main source of microparticles in the CF patients. Microparticles derived from neutrophils are associated with the extensive neutrophil influx into airways and aggregation at the epithelial surface of the CF patient's respiratory tract. Exosomes are found in almost all body fluids, such as urine, sputum, Bronchoalveolar Lavage (BAL), milk, Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF), plasma and sputum. Examination of exosomes derived from CF patients may be helpful in the characterization of pathogenesis of disease in detail. In this mini review, we have summarized the role of microparticles and exosomes in pathogenesis of CF and finally discussed the feasibility of this particle in treatment approaches. FAU - Asef, Alireza AU - Asef A AD - Department of Biology. Islamic Azad University, Rasht Branch, Rasht, Iran. FAU - Mortaz, Esmaeil AU - Mortaz E AD - Department of Immunology, Faculty of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. AD - Clinical Tuberculosis and Epidemiology Research Center, National Research and Institute of Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases (NRITLD), Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. FAU - Jamaati, Hamidreza AU - Jamaati H AD - Chronic Respiratory Disease Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran- Iran. FAU - Velayati, Aliakbar AU - Velayati A AD - Pediatric Respiratory Disease Research Center, NRITLD, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran- Iran. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Review PL - Iran TA - Tanaffos JT - Tanaffos JID - 101308232 PMC - PMC6320567 OTO - NOTNLM OT - Exosomes OT - Lung cystic fibrosis OT - Microparticles OT - sputum EDAT- 2019/01/11 06:00 MHDA- 2019/01/11 06:01 PMCR- 2018/02/01 CRDT- 2019/01/11 06:00 PHST- 2019/01/11 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/01/11 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/01/11 06:01 [medline] PHST- 2018/02/01 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - tanaffos-17-66 [pii] PST - ppublish SO - Tanaffos. 2018 Feb;17(2):66-72.