latest news

12/10/2023 - DNA studies added!!

12/10/2023 - EVs, EPs associated DNA studies and query options for lipids and DNA are now added.

12/09/2023 - Vesiclepedia Version 5.1 released!!

12/09/2023 - A massive data update to Vesiclepedia and key new features are added and is now released to public.

10/09/2023 - EVQuant Feature added!!

10/09/2023 - A key new feature EVQuant is added which contains quantitative data and plots graphs in real time.

14/11/2022 - Vesiclepedia Version 4.3 released!!

14/11/2022 - A significant update to Vesiclepedia data and features has been done and is now released to public.

22/03/2022 - Exomeres, supermeres studies added!!

22/03/2022 - Vesiclepedia updated with Extracellular particles like Exomeres, supermeres studies.

18/07/2021 - Vesiclepedia data updated with more studies

18/07/2021 - Addition of new datasets to Vesiclepedia.

02/12/2020 - FunRich Version 3.1.4 released!

02/12/2020 - FunRich 3.1.4 released for public access here.


01/12/2020 - Vesiclepedia data updated with more studies

01/12/2020 - Addition of new datasets to Vesiclepedia.

18/02/2020 - Vesiclepedia Version 4.2 released!!

18/02/2020 - A significant update to Vesiclepedia data and features has been done and is now released to public.

11/05/2019 - Vesiclepedia data updated with more studies

11/5/2019 - Addition of new datasets to Vesiclepedia.

15/08/2018 - Vesiclepedia Version 4.1 released!!

15/08/2018 - A significant update to Vesiclepedia data and features has been done and is now released to public.

12/08/2018 - EV-TRACK added to Vesiclepedia!!

12/08/2018 - EV-METRIC has been added to Vesiclepedia studies wherever possible.

20/12/2017 - Vesiclepedia Version 3.1 released!!

20/12/2017 - Addition of new datasets to Vesiclepedia.

7/7/2017 - Vesiclepedia data updated with more studies

7/7/2017 - Addition of new datasets to Vesiclepedia.

12/09/2016 - FunRich updated version with Vesiclepedia data is now aavailable!

12/09/2016 - FunRich updated version.

09/01/2015 - Vesiclepedia Version 3.1 released!!

09/01/2015 - Addition of new datasets to Vesiclepedia.

01/09/2013 - Vesiclepedia Version 2.1 released!!

01/09/2013 - Addition of new datasets to Vesiclepedia.

19/12/2012 - Vesiclepedia published in PLOS Biology

19/12/2012 - Manuscript describing Vesiclepedia published in PLOS Biology.

29/08/2012 - 50 laboratories from 19 countries in Vesiclepedia community annotation

29/08/2012 - An enthusiastic participation from the extracellular vesicle researchers!!!!

19/04/2012 - Vesiclepedia oral presentation in ISEV conference in Gothenberg

19/04/2012 - An oral presentation on Vesiclepedia and the community annotation was presented in the ISEV conference that has expert researchers in extracellular vesicles. Researchers were supportive and enthusiastic about Vesiclepedia.

05/07/2011 - Vesiclepedia Data Annotation Launched!!!!

05/07/2011 - Manual curation of the scientific literature to encompass molecular components (proteins, lipids, DNA and RNA) identified in extracellular vesicles is initiated. Additionally, the compendium has information on post-translational modification on proteins identified in extracellular vesicles.


    A community compendium for extracellular vesicles and particles


Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are released by various cell types into the extracellular space and are known to play a crucial role in intercellular communication. Subtypes of EVs include exosomes, ectosomes/microvesicles, migrasomes, apoptotic bodies, exophers and large oncosomes. In addition to EVs, cells also secrete Extracellular particles (EPs) including exomeres and supermeres. With the ignited interest on EVs and EPs due to their critical role in cellular homeostasis, pathogenesis, drug, vaccine and gene-vector delivery and as possible reservoirs of biomarkers, the amount of data generated has increased exponentially. Vesiclepedia is a manually curated compendium of molecular data (lipids, metabolites, nucleic acids and proteins) identified in different classes of Extracellular vesicles and particles.










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    Intercellular communication mediated by EVs:



   Signaling of extracellular vesicles (exosomes as example)







    External links of interest to the extracellular vesicle researchers










    Want to contribute to Vesiclepedia?

We will keep Vesiclepedia updated with new extracellular vesicle studies. We welcome researchers to join the Vesiclepedia community annotation project.

 Send unpublished extracellular vesicle proteome/RNA/lipid datasets (it can be made private until published)
 Point out an extracellular vesicle publication that we missed

Contact us either to upload your exosome data or point to us if we have not added any published exosome study.