{"id":359456,"date":"2026-03-31T15:29:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=359456"},"modified":"2026-03-31T15:29:43","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:59:43","slug":"extracellular-rna-exrna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/extracellular-rna-exrna\/","title":{"rendered":"Extracellular RNA (exRNA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> In a study, scientists reported that extracellular RNA (exRNA) from bacteria can persist in disinfected drinking water.<\/p>\n<h2>About Extracellular RNA (exRNA)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_359460\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-359460\" style=\"width: 355px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-359460 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_31-3-2026_114749_www.researchgate.net_.jpeg?resize=355%2C323&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Extracellular RNA (exRNA)\" width=\"355\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_31-3-2026_114749_www.researchgate.net_.jpeg?resize=300%2C273&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_31-3-2026_114749_www.researchgate.net_.jpeg?resize=768%2C698&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Screenshot_31-3-2026_114749_www.researchgate.net_.jpeg?w=880&amp;ssl=1 880w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 355px) 100vw, 355px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-359460\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: ResearchGate<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Extracellular RNA (exRNA) <\/span>are RNA that<strong> exists outside cells. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are <strong>found in body fluids<\/strong> such as blood, saliva, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid.<\/li>\n<li>They are<strong> heterogenous populations including small<\/strong> (e.g., miRNA) and <strong>long non-coding RNAs<\/strong>\u00a0and <strong>coding RNAs<\/strong> (e.g., mRNA).<\/li>\n<li>They <strong>can exist in a free form or associate with carriers range from lipo- and ribo-proteins to extracellular vesicles<\/strong> such as\u00a0exosomes\u00a0in the\u00a0extracellular fluids.<\/li>\n<li>To survive outside the cell,<strong> exRNA travels in its own molecular containers<\/strong> that prevent enzymes from breaking it down before it reaches its destination.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Functioning:<\/strong> They are <strong>part of a sophisticated long-distance cell-to-cell communication system.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>A <strong>cell releases RNA to deliver instructions to another cell<\/strong> elsewhere in the body, changing how it behaves or which genes it activates.<\/li>\n<li>This process<strong> helps coordinate responses in the immune system, tissue repair, and development.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Applications:<\/strong> The exRNAs have been widely studied as a<strong> biomarker for cancer and other diseases.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: In a study, scientists reported that extracellular RNA (exRNA) from bacteria can persist in disinfected drinking water. About Extracellular RNA (exRNA) Extracellular RNA (exRNA) are RNA that exists outside cells. They are found in body fluids such as blood, saliva, urine, and cerebrospinal fluid. They are heterogenous populations including small (e.g., miRNA) and long&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/extracellular-rna-exrna\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Extracellular RNA (exRNA)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-359456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}