Bacterial Exosomes
The earliest discovery of bacterial extracellular vesicles (EVs) dates back to the 1960s until 2007, when researchers isolated bacterial vesicles from Mycobacterium species, demonstrating for the first time that Gram-positive bacteria can also secrete extracellular vesicles.EVs are nano-sized lipid vesicles secreted by bacteria during growth, which carry proteins, nucleic acids, especially virulence factors and immunomodulatory factors for interspecies information exchange and substance exchange with the host.EVs not only affect a variety of biological processes, but also show high potential for vaccine and anticancer drug development. EVs are nano-sized lipid vesicles secreted by bacteria during growth, carrying proteins, nucleic acids, especially virulence factors and immunomodulators, and exchanging information and materials between species, within species, and with their hosts, etc. EVs not only affect a variety of biological processes, but also show great value in the development of vaccines and anticancer drugs.
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