Stress-induced switch in small extracellular vesicle secretion: from constitutive 'torn bag mechanism' to exocytosis
Dorina Lenzinger, Lilla Lankovics, Istvan Dudas, Tünde Bárkai, Zsófia A. Szász, Mirjam Balbisi, Anthony Yan‐Tang Wu, Krisztina V Vukman, Kelsey A. Fletcher, Attila Csomos, Zoltán Mucsi, Edina Bugyik, Csaba Cserép, Ádám Dénes, Szilvia Erika Bősze, , Tamás Visnovitz
The paper identifies two sEV secretion mechanisms, showing that stress activates exocytosis of multivesicular endosomes while steady-state conditions use the 'torn bag mechanism'.
Journal of Extracellular Vesicles · Aug 1, 2026Peer-reviewedCell Biology