Recent advances of small extracellular vesicle biomarkers in breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis

Y Lee, J Ni, J Beretov, VC Wasinger, P Graham, Y Li - Molecular cancer, 2023 - Springer
Current clinical tools for breast cancer (BC) diagnosis are insufficient but liquid biopsy of
different bodily fluids has recently emerged as a minimally invasive strategy that provides a …

Molecular principles of metastasis: a hallmark of cancer revisited

J Fares, MY Fares, HH Khachfe, HA Salhab… - Signal transduction and …, 2020 - nature.com
Metastasis is the hallmark of cancer that is responsible for the greatest number of cancer-
related deaths. Yet, it remains poorly understood. The continuous evolution of cancer …

Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles (MISEV2023): From basic to advanced approaches

JA Welsh, DCI Goberdhan, L O'Driscoll… - Journal of …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Extracellular vesicles (EVs), through their complex cargo, can reflect the state of their cell of
origin and change the functions and phenotypes of other cells. These features indicate …

Exosome-mediated metastasis: communication from a distance

I Wortzel, S Dror, CM Kenific, D Lyden - Developmental cell, 2019 - cell.com
Metastasis, a critical phase of tumor progression, remains a primary challenge in treating
cancer and a major cause of cancer mortality. Cell-cell communication via extracellular …

Isolation and characterization of exosomes for cancer research

L Zhu, HT Sun, S Wang, SL Huang, Y Zheng… - Journal of hematology & …, 2020 - Springer
Exosomes are a subset of extracellular vesicles that carry specific combinations of proteins,
nucleic acids, metabolites, and lipids. Mounting evidence suggests that exosomes …

Extracellular vesicles-mediated intercellular communication: roles in the tumor microenvironment and anti-cancer drug resistance

S Maacha, AA Bhat, L Jimenez, A Raza, M Haris… - Molecular cancer, 2019 - Springer
The tumor microenvironment represents a complex network, in which tumor cells not only
communicate with each other but also with stromal and immune cells. Current research has …

Exosomes: Therapy delivery tools and biomarkers of diseases

L Barile, G Vassalli - Pharmacology & therapeutics, 2017 - Elsevier
Virtually all cells in the organism secrete extracellular vesicles (EVs), a heterogeneous
population of lipid bilayer membrane-enclosed vesicles that transport and deliver payloads …

Transfer of functional cargo in exomeres

Q Zhang, JN Higginbotham, DK Jeppesen, YP Yang… - Cell reports, 2019 - cell.com
Exomeres are a recently discovered type of extracellular nanoparticle with no known
biological function. Herein, we describe a simple ultracentrifugation-based method for …

Extracellular vesicles and particles impact the systemic landscape of cancer

S Lucotti, CM Kenific, H Zhang, D Lyden - The EMBO journal, 2022 - embopress.org
Intercellular cross talk between cancer cells and stromal and immune cells is essential for
tumor progression and metastasis. Extracellular vesicles and particles (EVPs) are a …

Biological functions and current advances in isolation and detection strategies for exosome nanovesicles

K Boriachek, MN Islam, A Möller, C Salomon… - Small, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Exosomes are nanoscale (≈ 30–150 nm) extracellular vesicles of endocytic origin
that are shed by most types of cells and circulate in bodily fluids. Exosomes carry a specific …