title: Roles of bacterial membrane vesicles.
abstract: Outer membrane vesicles (OMVs) are released from the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. Moreover, Gram-positive bacteria also produce membrane-derived vesicles. As OMVs transport several bacterial components, especially from the cell envelope, their interaction with the host cell, with other bacteria or as immunogens, have been studied intensely. Several functions have been ascribed to OMVs, especially those related to the transport of virulence factors, antigenic protein composition, and development as acellular vaccines. In this work, we review some of the recent findings about OMVs produced by specific pathogenic bacterial species.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Microbiología. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biológicas, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Prol. Carpio y Plan de Ayala s/n, Col. Sto. Tomás, CP 11340, Mexico, D.F., Mexico.
authors.forename: Eric Daniel
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Avila-Calderón
authors.forename: Minerva Georgina
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Araiza-Villanueva
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Cancino-Diaz
authors.forename: Edgar Oliver
authors.initials: EO
authors.lastname: López-Villegas
authors.forename: Nammalwar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sriranganathan
authors.forename: Stephen M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Boyle
authors.forename: Araceli
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Contreras-Rodríguez
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D021961:Cell Membrane Structures / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002473:Cell Wall / Q000378:metabolism; D006090:Gram-Negative Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism / Q000472:pathogenicity / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D037521:Virulence Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D037521:Virulence Factors