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extracellular vesicles in disease

Last updated June 2, 2026

Rising Stars

New and hot

Rising Stars Researchers

1
Stephanie L. Fowler
University of Oxford
99
2
Chuan Zhang
Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
80
3
Qi Wang
Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
70
4
Yifan Huang
Wuhan University
60
5
Shijun Yan
University of Oxford
40
6
Dexin Chen
Guangxi Medical University
20
7
Feng Huang
Guangxi Medical University
10

Rising Stars Papers

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Emerging Leaders

Gaining momentum

Emerging Leaders Researchers

1
Revadee Liam‐Or
King's College London
90
2
Jiandong Tang
Zigong First People's Hospital
80
3
Chun Liu
The University of Queensland
60
4
Shijun Yan
University of Oxford
50
5
Xinliang Lu
Second Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University
40
6
Karina Cunha e Rocha
University of California San Diego
30
7
Jianpu Tang
Tianjin University
10

Emerging Leaders Papers

1
Cellular uptake and in vivo distribution of mesenchymal-stem-cell-derived extracellular vesicles are protein corona dependent
Nature Nanotechnology|2024
164 cit.
2
Bafilomycin A1 Potentially Enhances Mesenchymal Stem Cell-derived Extracellular Vesicle Production in iPSC-MSC Cultures
Discovery Medicine|2025
0 cit.

All-Time Leaders

The canon

All-Time Leaders Researchers

1
Tsuneya Ikezu
Boston University
99
2
Heba Adel
Cairo University
90
3
Chao Wang
Soochow University
80
4
Daniel Figeys
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
70
5
Dimitrios Kapogiannis
National Institute on Aging
60
6
Thomas Thum
Medizinische Hochschule Hannover
50
7
Ariel E. Feldstein
University of California, San Diego
40
8
Silvia Coco
University of Milano-Bicocca
30
9
Jing Zhang
University of Washington
20
10
Hernando A. del Portillo
Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats
10

All-Time Leaders Papers

1
Large‐scale mapping of human protein–protein interactions by mass spectrometry
Molecular Systems Biology|2007
999 cit.
2
NLRP3 inflammasome activation results in hepatocyte pyroptosis, liver inflammation, and fibrosis in mice
Hepatology|2013
924 cit.
3
NLRP3 inflammasome activation is required for fibrosis development in NAFLD
Journal of Molecular Medicine|2014
489 cit.
4
Plasma Extracellular Vesicles Enriched for Neuronal Origin: A Potential Window into Brain Pathologic Processes
Frontiers in Neuroscience|2017
461 cit.
5
Transmission of α-synuclein-containing erythrocyte-derived extracellular vesicles across the blood-brain barrier via adsorptive mediated transcytosis: another mechanism for initiation and progression of Parkinson’s disease?
Acta Neuropathologica Communications|2017
275 cit.
6
Circulating Extracellular Vesicles with Specific Proteome and Liver MicroRNAs Are Potential Biomarkers for Liver Injury in Experimental Fatty Liver Disease
PLoS ONE|2014
264 cit.
7
NLRP3 inflammasome driven liver injury and fibrosis: Roles of IL‐17 and TNF in mice
Hepatology|2017
263 cit.
8
Plaque associated microglia hyper-secrete extracellular vesicles and accelerate tau propagation in a humanized APP mouse model
Molecular Neurodegeneration|2021
230 cit.
9
Human neural cell type‐specific extracellular vesicle proteome defines disease‐related molecules associated with activated astrocytes in Alzheimer's disease brain
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles|2022
150 cit.
10
Osteopontin is indispensible for AP1-mediated angiotensin II-related miR-21 transcription during cardiac fibrosis
European Heart Journal|2015
135 cit.

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