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. 2021 Jan 14;11:575712. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.575712

Table 2.

EVs as potential biomarkers for RA and SLE.

Disease Molecular Change Body fluids Reference
RA IgMRF+ EVs Positive correlation with disease activity Serum (65)
CD41+EVs Upregulated Synovial fluid (44)
CD3+CD8+Tcell-derived EVs Upregulated Synovial fluid (66)
Hotair in EVs Upregulated Serum/urine (67)
Exosomal miR-106b Upregulated Synovial fluid (68)
Exosomal miR-6089 Downregulated Serum (69)
Exosomal miR-548a-3p Downregulated Serum (70)
Citrullinated proteins in EVs Upregulated Synovial fluid (47)
miR-146a and miR-155 Upregulated Synovial fluid
/plasma
(71)
SLE Urinary exosomal miR-135b-5p, miR-107, miR-31 Upregulated in LN Urine (72)
Urinary exosomal miR-21, miR-150, and miR-29c Correlated with LN chronicity index (CI) Urine (73)
Exosomal miR-146a Downregulated Serum (74)
Urinary podocyte-derived MPs Positively correlated with the SLE Disease Activity Index (SLEDAI) score Urine (75)
Endothelial cells-MPs Upregulated Serum (76)
Urinary MP-HMGB1 Upregulated in active LN than inactive Urine (77)
Monocytic CD 14+ MP Positively correlated with the disease activity in SLE Plasma (65)