Circulating tumor nucleic acids: biology, release mechanisms, and clinical relevance

P Stejskal, H Goodarzi, J Srovnal, M Hajdúch… - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite advances in early detection and therapies, cancer is still one of the
most common causes of death worldwide. Since each tumor is unique, there is a need to …

[HTML][HTML] Regulation of exosome production and cargo sorting

H Wei, Q Chen, L Lin, C Sha, T Li, Y Liu… - … journal of biological …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Cellular communication can be mediated by the exchange of biological information, mainly
in the form of proteins and RNAs. This can occur when extracellular vesicles, such as …

Rho GTPase signaling in cancer progression and dissemination

E Crosas-Molist, R Samain… - Physiological …, 2022 - journals.physiology.org
Rho GTPases are a family of small G proteins that regulate a wide array of cellular
processes related to their key roles controlling the cytoskeleton. Cancer is a multistep …

Shedding light on the cell biology of extracellular vesicles

G Van Niel, G d'Angelo, G Raposo - Nature reviews Molecular cell …, 2018 - nature.com
Extracellular vesicles are a heterogeneous group of cell-derived membranous structures
comprising exosomes and microvesicles, which originate from the endosomal system or …

New technologies for analysis of extracellular vesicles

H Shao, H Im, CM Castro, X Breakefield… - Chemical …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are diverse, nanoscale membrane vesicles actively released by
cells. Similar-sized vesicles can be further classified (eg, exosomes, microvesicles) based …

Consensus guidelines for the use and interpretation of angiogenesis assays

P Nowak-Sliwinska, K Alitalo, E Allen, A Anisimov… - Angiogenesis, 2018 - Springer
The formation of new blood vessels, or angiogenesis, is a complex process that plays
important roles in growth and development, tissue and organ regeneration, as well as …

Extracellular membrane vesicles in the three domains of life and beyond

S Gill, R Catchpole, P Forterre - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Cells from all three domains of life, Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya, produce extracellular
vesicles (EVs) which are sometimes associated with filamentous structures known as …

Origins, structures, and functions of circulating DNA in oncology

AR Thierry, S El Messaoudi, PB Gahan, P Anker… - Cancer and metastasis …, 2016 - Springer
While various clinical applications especially in oncology are now in progress such as
diagnosis, prognosis, therapy monitoring, or patient follow-up, the determination of structural …

Biology and biogenesis of shed microvesicles

C Tricarico, J Clancy, C D'Souza-Schorey - Small GTPases, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
The ability of cells to transmit bioactive molecules to recipient cells and the extracellular
environment is a fundamental requirement for both normal physiology and disease …

Ectosomes and exosomes: shedding the confusion between extracellular vesicles

E Cocucci, J Meldolesi - Trends in cell biology, 2015 - cell.com
Long-and short-distance communication can take multiple forms. Among them are
exosomes and ectosomes, extracellular vesicles (EVs) released from the cell to deliver …