Abstract

Extracellular Vesicles and Coronary Artery Diseases

Chantal Boulanger, Research Director, Paris Cardiovascular Research Center

My group's current research interests focus on the role of extracellular vesicles in cardiovascular diseases. We investigate their role as mediators of cell-cell communication in the vessel wall as well as their potential as biomarkers of cardiovascular diseases. This brings us to investigate the regulation of extracellular vesicle composition, including non coding-RNA packaging, their biodistribution and how the resulting paracrine effects might affect the development of cardiovascular diseases.