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Cell-Secreted Vesicles: Novel Opportunities in Cancer Diagnosis, Monitoring and Treatment
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Catoni, Cristina Paolo, Veronica Di Rossi, Elisabetta Quintieri, Luigi Zamarchi, Rita |
| Copyright Year | 2021 |
| Description | Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are important mediators of intercellular communication playing a pivotal role in the regulation of physiological and pathological processes, including cancer. In particular, there is significant evidence suggesting that tumor-derived EVs exert an immunosuppressive activity during cancer progression, as well as stimulate tumor cell migration, angiogenesis, invasion and metastasis. The use of EVs as a liquid biopsy is currently a fast-growing area of research in medicine, with the potential to provide a step-change in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer, allowing the prediction of both therapy response and prognosis. EVs could be useful not only as biomarkers but also as drug delivery systems, and may represent a target for anticancer therapy. In this review, we attempted to summarize the current knowledge about the techniques used for the isolation of EVs and their roles in cancer biology, as liquid biopsy biomarkers and as therapeutic tools and targets. |
| Starting Page | 1118 |
| e-ISSN | 20754418 |
| DOI | 10.3390/diagnostics11061118 |
| Journal | Diagnostics |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Volume Number | 11 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2021-06-19 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Diagnostics Biomedical Engineering Extracellular Vesicles Cancer Biology Liquid Biopsy Therapeutic Tools |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |