Table 1 Some resources for EV research.
Type | Name | Purpose/Description | Web address |
|---|---|---|---|
EV molecular databases | Exocarta/Vesiclepedia | Compendium of molecular data (protein, RNA and lipid) of EVs from multiple sources. | |
EVpedia | Integrated database of high-throughput molecular data (protein, RNA and lipid) for analyses of prokaryotic and eukaryotic EVs. | ||
exoRBase | Repository of EVs long RNAs (mRNA, lncRNA, and circRNA) derived from RNA-seq data analyses in different human body fluids. | ||
exRNA Atlas | Data repository of the Extracellular RNA Communication Consortium including small RNA sequencing and qPCR-derived exRNA profiles from human and mouse biofluids. | ||
Courses | Basics of Extracellular Vesicles | This MOOC course provides basic knowledge about EVs. | |
Extracellular Vesicles in Health and Disease | This MOOC course provides current understanding about EVs and their role in health and diseases. | https://www.coursera.org/learn/extracellular-vesicles-health-disease | |
Extracellular Vesicles: From Biology to Biomedical Applications | Practical course organised by EMBO covering different EV purification and characterisation techniques and strategies to understand the role of EVs in biomedical applications. | https://www.embl.org/about/info/course-and-conference-office/events/exo22-01/ | |
Reporting | EV-TRACK platform | Platform for recording experimental parameters of EV-related studies. | |
MIFlowCyt-EV | Framework for standardised reporting of EV flow cytometry experiments. | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20013078.2020.1713526 | |
Guidelines/Position papers | MISEV2018 | Provide guidance in standardisation of protocols and reporting in the EV field. | |
Urinary EVs | A position paper by the Urine Task Force of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles. | ||
Blood EVs | Considerations towards a roadmap for collection, handling and storage of blood EVs. | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20013078.2019.1647027 | |
EV RNA | Obstacles and opportunities in the functional analysis of extracellular vesicle RNA – an ISEV position paper. | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20013078.2017.1286095 | |
EVs in therapy | Applying EV-based therapeutics in clinical trials – an ISEV position paper. | ||
Societies /Task Forces/Working groups | ISEV | Global society of EV researchers. | |
National societies | Societies of national EV researchers. | ||
ISEV task forces | The Rigor & Standardization Subcommittee includes several task forces for advancing specific EV areas of research such as urine EVs, blood EVs and reference materials. | ||
EV Flow Cytometry Working Group | This groups aims to establish guidelines for best practices for flow cytometry analysis of EVs. | ||
Conferences/Seminars | ISEV Annual Meeting | This seminar brings together EV interested scientists from around the world. | |
WebEVTalk | These online weekly seminars aim to support networking and to push EV science forward. | ||
EV Club | These online weekly seminars are a venue for discussing research and published articles. | ||
Exosomes, Microvesicles and Other Extracellular Vesicles | Keystone symposia are a series of seminars organised for the advancement of biomedical and life sciences. | ||
Extracellular vesicles | Gordon Research Conferences are a series of seminars bringing a global network of scientists together to discuss frontier research. | ||
SpecializedJournals | Journal of extracellular vesicles | Publication of EV research. | |
The European journal of extracellular vesicles | Publication of EV research. | ||
Extracellular Vesicles and Circulating Nucleic Acids | Publication of EV research. | ||
Journal of extracellular biology | Publication of EV research. (Launching Late 2021) | https://www.isev.memberclicks.net/journal-of-extracellular-biology |
