The Role of Exosomes and Their Cargos in the Mechanism, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Shengyuan Huang; Yating Deng; Jiaqi Xu; Jiachen Liu; Liming Liu; Chengming Fan

doi:10.3389/fcvm.2021.712828

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine (Jul 2021)

The Role of Exosomes and Their Cargos in the Mechanism, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

Shengyuan Huang,
Yating Deng,
Jiaqi Xu,
Jiachen Liu,
Liming Liu,
Chengming Fan

Affiliations

Shengyuan Huang: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
Yating Deng: Xiangya Medical College of Central South University, Changsha, China
Jiaqi Xu: Department of Spine Surgery and Orthopaedics, Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
Jiachen Liu: Xiangya Medical College of Central South University, Changsha, China
Liming Liu: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China
Chengming Fan: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2021.712828
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8

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Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common persistent arrhythmia, but the mechanism of AF has not been fully elucidated, and existing approaches to diagnosis and treatment face limitations. Recently, exosomes have attracted considerable interest in AF research due to their high stability, specificity and cell-targeting ability. The aim of this review is to summarize recent literature, analyze the advantages and limitations of exosomes, and to provide new ideas for their use in understanding the mechanism and improving the diagnosis and treatment of AF.

Published in Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

ISSN: 2297-055X (Online)
Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/cardiovascular-medicine

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