This graphic illustrates paracrine adhesion signaling on small extracellular ... so the vesicle can be absorbed into the recipient cell. News organizations may use or redistribute this image ...

This graphic illustrates paracrine adhesion signaling on small extracellular vesicles, which secretes a protein called galectin-3, which promotes endocytosis so the vesicle can be absorbed into ...

More information: Koichiro M. Hirosawa et al, Uptake of small extracellular vesicles by recipient cells is facilitated by paracrine adhesion signaling, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038 ...

The earliest changes in stellate cells are likely to result from paracrine stimulation by all neighboring cell types, including sinusoidal endothelium, Kupffer cells, hepatocytes, platelets ...