Chinese Journal of Tissue Engineering Research ›› 2021, Vol. 25 ›› Issue (7): 1104-1108.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.2095-4344.2177

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Exosomes as a disease marker under hypoxic conditions

Zhao Min1, Feng Liuxiang2, Chen Yao1, Gu Xia1, Wang Pingyi1, Li Yimei1, Li Wenhua1   

  1. 1Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang 712082, Shaanxi Province, China; 2People’s Hospital of Yulong Naxi Autonomous County of Lijiang City, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County 674100, Yunnan Province, China
  • Received:2020-03-12 Revised:2020-03-18 Accepted:2020-05-09 Online:2021-03-08 Published:2020-12-09
  • Contact: Li Wenhua, Professor, Master’s supervisor, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang 712082, Shaanxi Province, China
  • About author:Zhao Min, Master candidate, Xizang Minzu University, Xianyang 712082, Shaanxi Province, China Feng Liuxiang, Physician, People’s Hospital of Yulong Naxi Autonomous County of Lijiang City, Yulong Naxi Autonomous County 674100, Yunnan Province, China
  • Supported by:
    the National Natural Science Foundation of China in 2017, No. 81760332; the Scientific Research Program of Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education in 2020; Head of the Joint Project of the Department of Science and Technology of Tibet in 2020 (Research on the Role and Mechanism of Hongjingtian, Tibetan Medicine, Anti-COVID-19 “Inflammation Storm”)

Abstract: BACKGROUND: Hypoxia is a common physiological and pathological stress response in various diseases, and exosomes are widely involved in the mechanism of hypoxia injury and its adaptive mechanism. The two are closely related, which is the current research hotspot. 
OBJECTIVE: To find a new target for the prevention and treatment of high altitude diseases and open up new ideas.
METHODS: The PubMed and Medline databases from 2013 to 2020, and the CNKI and Wanfang databases from 2018 to 2019 were searched by computer. The key words were “serum exosomes, hypoxia, tumor, inflammation, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases” in Chinese and English. Finally, 57 articles were included in the review. 
RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: Hypoxia is a potential environmental death factor by affecting cell cycle, morphology, metabolism, proliferation, differentiation, autophagy, apoptosis and so on. Hypoxia can regulate the release and change the content of exosomes, which is strongly associated with cell specificity, the duration of hypoxia exposure and the severity of hypoxia. In the environment of hypoxia, exosomes can transmit all kinds of biological information and play an important role in biology through specific binding with receptor cells. As a biomarker of disease diagnosis, exosomes have great potential.

Key words: serum, exosomes, hypoxia, information transmission, tumor, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, review

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